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HISTOR

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O F T H E

INQUISITION,

As it is Exercifed at

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Written in French, by the Ingenious Monfieur IV-
lon, who laboured five years under thofe feverities.

With an Account of his Deliverance.

Ccattflatca mto entity

LONDON,

Printed for fames Knapton, at the Queens-
Head , in St. TW's Church-yard
M DC LXXXVIII.

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To the Reader.

THE l^afon of offering this Preface to the
Reader > is only to fatisfie the World that
thefe ^Papers came not abroad with any
deltgn of infnuating to the Teople a probability
of the Inquifitiony being about to be introduced
into England. It is at prefent in ufe but in
three places in the World, Italy, Spain, and
Portugal, and the Countries fubjeff to them.
The Gallican Church is fo far from admitting
it, that His prefent Majejly thought ft to give
a Licenfe for the publifhing this Relation, and
tonjequently, by thus incour 'aging the publicati-
on of the proceedings made ufe of in the Inquifi*
tion, Jhewed his Aver f on to them. In England
there is yet lefs probability of its being ever
E/labliJhed, the Laws of the Land> by which
His Majejly hath fo often promifed to govern,
being a fufficient guard againjl it 5 and if we

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To the Reader.

fhould yet require any greater ajfurances, His
Majeflies repeated "Declarations for Liberty of
Conference^ have already offered them. All that
remains therefore ', is to defre the Reader, that
he 'would not upon perufmg thefe Tapers, fuffer
any fuch fears and jealosies to grow upon him,
hut barely to looh^ them over in order to the fa*
tisfying his Curiofity, and the informing himfelf
in the Nature and Conftitution of this Tribunal,
tovphofe Cufloms and manner of proceedings he
-was before altogether a Stranger.

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TRANSLATOR

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R E A D E

THIS franflation was made from the French Co-
py printed by the direction of the Author at Paris,
by Daniel Horthemels 1688, O&avo, with the per-
miffion of the King, the Author had intermixed a de-
fcripion of fever al Iflands and Towns in the Eaft Indies,
and other places of his Travels 5 which, becaufe they
contained nothing curious or extraordinary in them, and
did not in the leaft relate to the Story of the Inquifiti-
on, I have wholly omitted $ which might eafily be done
without any diforder of the Hiftory-, or Mutilation of the
Senfe^ fince the Author had comprifed all his Geographi-
cal digrejjions in diftinff Chapters, and thereby given
a fair opportunity of omitting them. I have no more t%
acquaint the Reader, but only that the Author of this
Relation was Monfieur Dellon, a per f on well known to
the World by his ingenious Writings^ particularly by his
Relation of Z>/s Travels into the Eait Indies, Printed at
Paris, 2 Vol. in Oftavo.

TO

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TO

Mademoifelle T>u Cambout T>e Cojliiu

Madam,
Should be unjufl: to complain of the Rigours of the Inquifition,

and the ill ufage which! received from her Officers, fince
they have adminiftred to me the fubjecl matter of this Work, and
thereby afforded me the advantage ofDedicating it to you. I fhould
defire, Madam, to make a juft ufe of fo favourable an occafion,
to have an Eloquence proportionable to my £eal. I would em-
ploy it in fpeaking of fo many excellent Qualities, wherewith
Heaven hath fo liberally endued you, which render you one of
the mod aimable Perfons of the World, and caufe you to
be already admired by all thofe who know you. In truth there
is obferved in you a Goodnefs and Sweetnefs which Charm, a vi-
vacity and penetration of Spirit which furprife, a Prudence and
Difcernment, which are not ordinary to Perfons of your Age
But this, Madam, deferves our aftonifhment, that you are fo
accomplifhed ; that to create a juft Idea of you, and make your
Elogy in few words, it doth not fuffice to fay that you are the
worthy Daughter of two Perfons, no lefs Eminent and Illuftrir
ous for their Piety, than for their Birth and Quality.

May Heaven grant, Madam, that your Merit may be fellow-
ed by an uninterrupted Happinefs ; that your Profperity may
furpafs even the meafure of your Defires ; and that this Book,
which I prefent to you, may be fcattered into the moll; remote
Provinces ; not fo much to inftrucl; People in what paileth in the
Tribunals of the Holy Office, as to preferve the memory of your
Uluftrious name; and fervefor anEternel Proof of that profound
refpeft, wherewith I am, . ,

. Madamy

Tour mofl Humhle% and

mofl Qledient Servant^

The P R E F A C E

rr is but too ordinary to find Books, whofe pompous Titles promife
A rnuch and which deceiving the expettat ion of the Reader, contain
nothing lefs, than what is hoped to he found in them, fa this Book
a quite oppofite method is obferved ; and thofe who fhatUive them
fehes the trouble to read it, willgrant that the Title doth but im
perfectly exprefs the matter of the Book.

I have contented my f elf to defcribe faithfully what I obferved in
thelnquifitton without infiftingto make large Reflexions on it and
have chafe rather to leave to the Readers the liberty of doinZ \hat
Thofe who have already any light knowledge of the Holy Office ivill
make no difficulty to believe aH which is here related ;the whole isfo far
from receiving any exaggeration; and how extraordinary Soever the
Proceedings and Formalities of the Inauifition may appear, the Rea-
der may he afar ed that there is nothing here related, which is not ex-
actly true I do not in the leafl hereby pretend to blame the Inquifition
itfelf : lam willing to believe that the Inflitution of it is rood- *nd
it is certain that in thofe places where it firfl began, it is not exerci-
fed with fo great Severity, as in Spain, Portugal, and theCountreys
which depend upon thefe two Crowns, where it is received ; but as all
human > Inflations, how excellent foever they be, are fubjltt to Re-
laxation and Abufe it is not to be admired, ifAbufes have crept in-
to the Tribunals of the Holy Office. r

It is of thefe Abufes therefore only that I defign to amtplai* .
however the Inquifitors, who affeB S great Secrecy imvhatfeever ref-
lates to their Tribunals, will perhaps be diSpleaSed, that I have taken
the liberty to expofe to the Public k, things, which it Seemed fimtl
their concern to keep concealed. But befides, that this difcovery may,
ifthey will make a nght tfe of it, be Serviceable to them alfo,/
thou&t it my Duty no longer to deprive the Publick of a knowledge
which could not but be very ufeful to it. In effect, it very much con-
cerns thofe Perfins, whofe Curiofity, or Bufnefs fhall obigTttemto
lye in thofe places, where the Holy Office exercifeth its fur it diction
that they be informed of lvhat they ought to avoid or do, hat the may

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The P REF ACE.

of fall into the hands ofthofe Offieers% and thereby undergo a Misfor-
tune like to that, which makes the fubjetl of this Relation*

An ExtraB of the Triviledge of the. King.

BY the Grant and Priviledge of the King, given at Verfailles
the n ft day of Augufl 16^7. Signed, by the King in his Coun-
cil, Poullain, it is permitted to the Sieur D * * * to caufe a Book
to be imprinted, Intituled, A Relation of the Inquifition of Goa,
during the time and fpace of 8 years, to be accounted from the
day, when the firft Impreflion fliall be finiihed. And it is for-
bidden to all Printers, Bookfellers, and others, to Print, Sell, or
Divulge the faid Book, upon pain of the Penalties mentioned in
the faid Grant."

The faid Sieur D * * * hath yielded and transferred his Right in
fheprefent Priviledge to Daniel Horthemels, to enjoy it accor-
ding to the Agreement made between them.

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A

RELATION

OF THE

Inauifition of Goa.

CHAP. I.

Motives whkb induced me to puhlifb this Relation.

L L the World knows in general what the Inquifition is, and
that it is Eftablifhed in certain places, as Italy, Spain, and
Portugal, and molt of the Country s which depend upon them,
and that the Judges which poflfefs it, exercife with much fe ve-
rity upon the people fubject to them, a Judicature unheard of to other
Tribunals. It is moreover known, that this Rigour is not every-
where equal, for the Inquifition of Spain is more fevere than that of
Italy, and left fevere than that of Portugal, and the States depending
on it.

The Maxims of this unheard of Judicature may be found in printed
books, the examination of thofe Maxims, and the effects of them in di-
verfe oecafions ; but I know none who hath given himfelf the Liberty
to tell us what pafleth in the receflfes of this Tribunal. The Officers of
this Judicature are too much intereffed in its confervation for to difco-
ver the fecrets of it, and as for thofe who have had to do with thefe
Magiftrates, and their inferiour Officers, are informed of. what is there
pracVifed, and have had fome reafon to complain of it. The fear of
thofe terrible punifhments, that are carefully inflicted upon thofe, who

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fliall be convinced not to have kept their Oath of Secrecy ( which is ex-
torted from them before they are let at Liberty J renders the Myiteries of
the Inquifition To impenetrable, that it is almoft impoflible ever to learn
the truth, unlefs to him who hath the unhappinefs to be carried into her
Prifbn, and make the experience of them in his own Perfon : Or to
yield under Co great an Adverfity. Moreover, it is neceflary that he
who hath, been fhut up in the horrible Solitudes of the Holy Office,
fhould have taken care, during his imprlfonment, diligently toobferve
what pafled; and after his enlargement, hath the courage to relate with-
out any fear, what himfelf hath learned and experienced.

Thele are the reafbns that very few perfons truly know what pafieth
in that terrible Tribunal ; and as after the obligation of rendring to God
what we owe to him, there is no duty more prefling than that offer-
ving our Neighbour, and especially the publick. I thought my (elf ob-
liged to relate what I have fcffered, and what I obferved in the Prifons
of the Inquifition at Goa ; adding to it what I learned from cerdible per-
fons, whom I knew familiarly during the time of my imprifonmenr,
and after my enlargement.

I doubted a long time whether I ought to publifli this Relation, for
it is more than eight years fince I returned into France, and it is more
than four fince this Relation was writ. I feared to fcandalize the Holy
Office, and violate my Oath, and this fear was confirmed in me by
Pious, but timerous Perfons, who were of the fame Opinion as my felf ;
ibut other perfons no lets Pious, and who feemed to me more Rational,
at laft convinced me, that it concerned the Publick upon many accounts
to know this Tribunal well ; that this Relation might be ufeful even
to the Minifters of the Holy Office, if they knew how to profit by it ;
and much more to thofe who have a right to regulate the proceedings,
and limit thejurildicYion of it. And as for the Oath of Secrecy, fo un-
juftly extorted, as that is which the Inquifition cxtorteth under pain of
burning ; the publick good fufficien'tly difpenfeth with it, for to fet at
liberty the Confcience of him who took it, and confequently puts him
into a kind of obligation torelatewhat he knoweth.

See theReafons which hundred me from publishing this Relation before,
and thofe which now engage me to publifli it at prefent ; if the delay of
it hath deprived the Publick of an ufeful knowledge ; at leaft it will
ferve to allure me that I have precipiated nothing, and that the refent-
ment of thofe ill treatments which I futfered, had no (hare in this ac-
count. In fine, what I here fay of the Inquifition of Goa, is to be un-
derftood of thofe alfo of Portugal and Spain ; for although th is laft be lefs
cruel than the other two, upon this account, that thofe publick Execu-
tions,

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irons, which they call Acts of Faith, are here lets frequent • and that
there is a greater jgnorance in the Indies than in Portugal, we fee never-
thelels by the Relation which the Gazette of France giveth the 12th
of Auguft, 1680. that the fame Spirit, the fame Rules, and the fame
Rigour, reign mall the Executions of the Inquifition in all thefe Coun-
tries ; forafmuch as there is even in the relation of the Gazette circum
ftances much more terrible than thofe of the Aft of Faith ' which I
underwent. '

CHAP. II.

The Apparent caufes of my Imprifonment.

I Had ftayed at Daman, a Town of the Eajt- Indies pofieft bv 7>„w
guez,e, for to refrefh my felf a little from the fatigues which I hS
differed m my Voyages and that I might put my felf into a condition
of continuing my Travels • But in the fame place where I had honed
to have found reft I found the beginning of much greater troubles than
all thofe which 1 had hitherto experienced. The true caufc of all tS
Perfecutions which the Minifters of the Inquifition made me endure was
an ill-grounded jealoufie of the Governour of Daman. It is not haWT^
judge that this reafon was never alledged in my procefs • YetfnrZ
fatisfie thepaffionof thi^Governour they made ufe of divers Dretevr
and they found at laft the means of feizing me, and removing me from
the Indtes, where perhaps otherwise I had .paired the reft of mv da™

It muft be acknowledged, that altho thefe pretexts, of which thev
madeufe, were very weak for perfons inftrufted in the F-i h „r •
Law • they were neverthelefs too fufficient for fuch p^fons a« th* v **
tageza are, m refpeft of their prejudices and maxims, Infomuci « im"
on this account 1 thought them my felf fo plaufible, that J KcSd
not the true reafons of my detainment, but in the fequel of the affair

The firft occafion which I gave to my Enemies, * Co make Ufe of the
Inquifition to deftroy me, was a difcourfe which I had with an TJ
Monk, a Divine, of the Order of St. Do^cL But befo e In""
any farther, I muft prem,fe that altho my manners have notPalwavs
been conformable to the Holinefs of that Religion wherein I 1 v7n
tized I have yet been always ftrongly addiftcd to the Rd\Zn of mV
Forefathers, I mean to that of the Catholick AooftoHrfc t ? » Y
Church ; and that God hath given to me mo^X^^tJ^
on. .winch we received in it, than the greateft part of Chriftians irdU

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narily have. Confequently I have always taken pleafure both to hear
and read : And I never read any thing with fo much diligence, as the
Holy Scriptures, as well of the Old, as of the New Tcirament,
which I commonly carry about with me. I had alfo taken care not to
be ignorant of the School Divinity, becaufe in long Travels there is a
neceffity of continual conversation with all forts of People ; among
whom may be found fomeof all Religions and Sects : And 1 freely dis-
puted with Hereticks and Schifmaticks, whom I found in my way. [
carried with me Books fit for this purpofe. and among others, an Abridg-
ment of Divinity, writ by Father Don Peter de St Jofepb Feuillant ; and-I
was fufficiently inftructed by difcourfe, and reading, during my great
leifure at Sea, and ftay which I made in divers places of the Indies. I
thought my felf then in a condition of converting, or even difputing with
profeft Divines, and I fell very innocently into the Snare in talking with
this Monk.

I lodged with the Dominicans 5 becaufe of thofe earned de fires which
they had made tome ; and I lived with them with much kindnefs and
familiarity. 1 had ferved them alfo upon diverfe occafions in acknowledg-
ment of the honour which they did me in defiring my company, and in
return of the friendship which they teftifled to me. We wereofttimes
mdifpute> and that which I had with the aforesaid Monk, was concern-
ing the effects of Baptifm : We both agreed in the three fpecies of Bap-
tifm, which the Catholick Church acknowledged, and it was only in ,
way of difcourfe, not for that I doubted of it, that I would deny the
effect of that Baptifm, which they call Vlammis ; and for to maintain my
opinion, 1 alledged that paffage, Whofoever is not born again of Water
and of the Holy Gboft, Sec. Neverthelefs I had fcarce ended my difcourfe
but the good Father retired himfelf without anfwering one word, as if
he hadfome prefling bufinefs, and went, according to all appearance,
to inform againft me to the Commiffary of the Holy Office. I afterwards
difcourfed feveral times with this fame Monk, and as he teftified no
coldnefs towards me, I was far from believing he had done to me fo bad
an Office.

I was oftentimes prefent in the Affemblies, where they carry about
little Trunks, upon which is painted the Image of the Bleiled Virgin, or
that of fome other Saint. The Portuguese are wont to kits the image
which is upon this Trunk ; and thofe who have Devotion to thefe Con-
fraternities, put their Alms into thefe Boxes. Here it is free to giye any
thing or not;, but none can omit killing the Image without giving fcan-
dal to the compauy. I was not then above 24 years old, and I had not
all the Prudence requifite to a psrfon who liveth among Strangers, to
whofeCufroms it is fit to conform as much as may be ; and as I was not

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then ufed to thefe forts of Ceremonies, I refufed oft times to take and kifs
thefe Boxes ; from whence they raQily inferred, that I contemned the
Images, and confequemly that I was an Heretick.

1 was with a Portuguese Gentleman, on a time when he was about to
let his fick Son blood : I faw that this young man had in his Bed the
Image of the H. Virgin made of Ivory ; as he loved this image extreme-
ly, he killed it often, and addrefled his fpeech to it. This way of ho-
nouring Images is very ordinary among the Portuguese ; and it created
fome reluctance in me, becaule in effect the Hereticks interpreting it ill,
this hinders them as much as any thing from returning to the Church.
I faid then to this young man, that if he did not take heed, his Blood
would fly upon the Image ; and he anfwered me, That he could not
find in his heart to lay it by ; I represented to him that this would hin-
der the Operation : Then he* reproached me that the French were Here-
ticks, and that they adored not Images : To which I anfwered, That I
believed we ought to honour them, and that if it were permitted to ufe
the word Adore, yet this ought only to be in refpecl: of our Lord Jefus
Chrift : in which "cafe alfb it were neceffary, that this Adoration fhould
be referred to Jefus Chrift represented by thefe Images : and for this I
cited the Council of Trent, Sellion 2f. It happened about the fame time
that one of my Neighbours coming to vifit me, and feeing a Crucifix
upon my Pillow, faid to me/ Monfieur, remember to cover this Image,
if by chance you take any VVoman into Bed to you, and to take heed of
it. How is it, faid I, that you imagine by this mean to hide your felf
from the eyes of God ? Are you of the mind of thofe debauched Wo-
men which are among you, who after they have (hut their Chaplets
and Boxes of R'eliques, believe they may without any crime abandon
themfelves to all excels : Go Monfieur, have more noble thoughts of
the Deity ; and think, not that a little Linnen can hide our fins from the
eyes of God, who feeth even the fecrets of our heart. In fine, what is
this Crucifix, but a piece of Ivory sj We ftopt there, and my Neighbour
having withdrawn, acquitted himfelf very well of his pretended duty in
going to accufe me to the CommifTary of the Inquifition. For it is to be
known, that all perfons living in Countrys fubject to the jurifdicYion of
the Holy Office, are obliged under pain of the greater Excommunica-
tion, referved to the Grand Inquifitor, to declare within the fpace of
thirty days, all which they have feen to be done, or heard to be fpoke,
touching the cafes of which that Tribunal takes Cognizance. And be-
caufe many people might flight this punifhment, or doubt whether they
have actually incurred it, for to oblige people to obey this Order punctu-
ally, the Inquifitors will, that thofe who fail in making this Declaration
within the time limited by their Conftitutions, mall be efteemed Guilty,

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and confequently puniflied, as if themfelves had committed the Crimes
which they did not reveal; which caufeth that in the matter of the Inqui-
fition, Friends betray Friends, Fathers their Children, and that Chil-
dren, by an indifcreet £eal, forget all the refpect which God and Na-
ture oblige them to bear to thefe who gave them life.

The obftinacy which I (hewed in refufing to wear a Chaplet about
my Neck, contributed no left to make them believe I was an Heretick,
than my refufal to kifs the Images ; but that which ferved above all the
reft as a motive to my impriionment,and my condemnation,was,that be-
ing prefTed in company,where a difcourfe wasraifed concerning the juftice
of men, I faid that it much lefs deferred that name, than the name of
injuftice ; that men judging not but according to appearances, which
are too often deceitful, were lubjecl: to make very unequitable judg-
ments ; and that God alone knowing things as they are, there is none
but God who can truly be call'd juft. One of thofe before whom 1 fpake,
took me up, and told me, that generally (peaking what I advance was
true, that neverthelefs there was this diftincTion to be made, that if true
Tuftice were not to be found in France, they had this advantage above
us, That among them might be found a Tribunal whofe decrees were no
lefs juft, and no lefs infallible, than thofe of Jefus Chrift. I then un-
derftanding very well that he meant the lnquifition,anfwered, Think you
that the Inquifitors are lefs men, and lefs lubjed: to their paffions than
other Judges. Speak not to me (b, anfwered this zealous defender of the
Holy Office ; if the Inquifitors fitting upon the Tribunal are Infallible,
it is becaufe the Holy Ghoft prefides over their deeifions, 1 could no
longer bear a difcourfe, which appeared fo unreafbnable to me, and to
prove to him by an example, that the Inquifitors were nothing lets than
what he pretended, I related to him the Adventure of Father Ephraim de
Nevers, Capuchin and Apoftolick Miffionary into the Indies, who as
Monfieur de la Botilayle Gou, relateth in the Hiftory of his Travels, was
arrefted by the Inquifition purely out of envy, about feventeen years be-
fore, where they had kept him, and very ill treated him for a long time;
and I concluded, in telling him, that I made no doubt that this Monk was
more Vertuous and Learned than thofe who had kept him thus in Prifbn,
without fb much as permitting him to read his Breviary. I added, that
1 efteemed France happy in refufing ever to admit this fevere Tribunal,
and I thought my (elf lb, in not being fubjeft to its Jurifdi&ion. This
difcourfe failed not to be exa&ly related to the Father Commiffary ; and
this added, to what I have already faid, ferved afterwards to make my
Procefs.

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CHAP. III.

Of the Vijit which I made to the Commiffary of the Inquifition to
Accufe my felf and ask Advice of him.

NOtwithftanding the inviolable fecrecy which the Inquifition exafteth,
by Oath of allthofe who approach her Tribunals, I failed not to
have fbme notice of the depofi.tions which were made againft me. The
apprehenfion of falling into the hands of the Holy Office made me go
to find out the Commiffary, from whom I hoped for Counfel and Pro-
tection, becaufe l*had been recommended to him by Perfons, who de-
ferved that confideration mould be had of them; and for that all the
time I had been at Daman, he had always affe&ed to be accounted one of
my friends. I therefore fairly related to him how things had palfed ;
and praying him to inftru<ft me in what manner 1 fhould behave my
felffjr the future, afluring him that as I had never any ill defign, fo I
was ready to amend my felf, and even to recant, if he mould judge that
I had advanced any thing which was not convenient. This Father
aflured me, that my proceeding had given fcandal to many People, that
he was fatisfied that my intention had not been ill, and that there was
nothing in all which I had faid abfolutely Criminal, that neverthelefs he-
advifed me to accommodate my felfa little to the fafhion of the people,
and not to (peak fo freely of thefe forts of matters, and above all, of
Images, which I had often faid ought not to be adored, which I had en-
deavoured to prove by Citations out of the Scriptures and the Fachers.
That the people were in truth in fbme light Errours, which palfed for a
true Devotion,, but that it was not for me to undertake to correct and
reform them.

I thanked the CommifTary for the good advice which he had given me,
and returned very well fatisfied : Forafmuch as I knew that having
accufed my felf before I was arretted, I could not according to the-
Laws of the Inquifition be any more accufed. I was befides very well
fatisfied of the juftice and integrity of this Commifiary, becaufe that
having not found me guilty, he had given me all necellary advice for
my future conduft with fo much prudence ; infomuch as I could not any
longer entertain the leaft fhadow of fufpicion againft my felf.

C H A P;

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CHAP. IV.

Containingthe true cattfes of my Imprifonment, and how they Arre fl-
ed me.

ALthough all which I have laid down in the foregoing Chapters, was
more than fufficient for to deftroy me, according to the Maxims
of the Inquifition, and the Cuftom of the Country ; yet things had not
gone on fo far, or fo haftily, if the Governour of Daman, called Manuel
Hurt ado de Mendoza had not been incited vvith that jealoufie which I be-
fore mentiooed ; which he diifembledfo well, that hefeemed to be one
of my beft friends, yet underhand he vigoroufly follicited the Commifla-
ry of the Holy Office to write to Goa to the Inquifitors for to inform
them of the difcourfe which I had held, refolving not to lofe the occa-
fion which I had unadvifedly given him, of making fure of me, and re-
moving me from Daman for ever. The reafon of the jealoufie of this
Governour, was the frequent, but innocent Vifus which I paid to a Lady
whom he loved, and of whom he was but too much enamoured, that
which 1 then was ignorant of; and as he judged upon feeble appearan-
ces, he apprehended that I was more loved by her than himfelf.

A certain Black Frier, Secretary of the H. Office, lodged over againft
this Lady, he had for her no lefs ftrong a paffion than the Governour,
and had follicited her to fatisfie his infamous defires, even in the Tri-
bunals of Pennance, as the Lady her felf affured me. This Frieft ob-
fervingme, became as jealous as the Governour, and although till then
he had been one of my friends, and that I had alfo done him very im-
portant fervices, he ceafed not to joyn himfelf to Manuel Hurtado to op-
prefs me.

Thei'e two Rivals thus united, prelfed the CommifTary fo vigoroufly,
that upon the advice which he fentat their follicitation to Goa, he recei-
ved order from the Inquifition to arreft me, which was performed the
evening of the 24th of Augufi, 1673. as I was returning from vifitinga
Lady of great worth, called Senora dona Francijca Vereira, Wife of one
of the chief Gentlemen of the Town, called Manuel Peixote de Gama.
This Lady was about 60 years old, (he thought her felf obliged to me
for the life ofhereldeft Daughter, and of her Grand-daughter. And in
truth, I had been fo happy as not to be unferviceable to her. The eldeft
had fallen flck in the abfence of her Mother, and the impudence of an
Indian Phyfician had reduced her to the laft extremity. When 1 was
called, 1 took in hand this fick Perfon and cured her ; the Mother being

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returned, and ravifhed with joy for the cure of her beloved Daughter :.
her Grand-daughter, who was yet more dear to her, fell alfo (ick, and
that more danger oufiy than her Aunt ; neverthelefs, I was not called at
firft for to fee this young Patient, nor had they any recourfe to me till
her life was in a defperate condition. I found her in a very violent Fever,
and although (he was at the point of falling into a Phrenzy, the Indian
Phyfician, far from thinking of letting her Blood, had covered her head
with Pepper, which I caufed firft to be taken off, and undertaking the
Cure, fucceeded very well, infomuch as my Patient recovered in a few
days a perfect health. From that time this Lady feeking occafions of
demonftrating her gratitude, loaded me with Prefents, and defiring that
I would lodge nearer her ; (he had given me an Houfe over againft her
own. This was the fame day which I before mentioned, wherein (he
had given me this Houfe, iand I departed from this ib generous a Lady
to return in the evening to my own Lodgings, when the Criminal Judge
of the Town, called in Portuguese, OuviJor de Crime, came upon me, and
commanded me to follow him into Prifbn ; whither I was carried with-
out being able to obtain of him by what order he did this; till I was
fhut up in Prifon.

How great (bever my (iiprize was, when the Judge arrefted me,
yet as I was confcious of my own innocence, but above all becaufe I
imagined that I was feized upon (bme flight occafion ; I hoped, with
fufficient probability, that Manual Hurtado, who had always profeffed
much friendfhip towards me, would not permit that I (liould ftay (b
much as one night in Prifon. But when he who carried me thither told
me, that it was by order of the Inquifition, my aftoniftiment was (b
great, that I remained for fome time immovable ; at laft, having a little
recollected my felf, I defired to fpeak with the Commiflary, but to
heighten my misfortune, they told me, that he had parted that very
day for Goa ; Co that there remained to me no other comfort, than the
hope which every one gave me that I (houid be very (hortly fet at
liberty ; becaufe the juftice of the H. Office was not only equitable, but
inclined very much to mercy, efpecially towards thole who acknow-
ledged their fault betimes, without being a long while follicited to
do it.

All thefe fine words hindred not my unhappinefs from becoming very
fenfible to me ; and the fight of my friends, who failed not to come
and comfort me, far from comforting, fervedonly more extremely to
afflict me, by the comparifon which I made of their condition to my
own. As I had no Enemies but hidden ones, they eafily mixed them-
felves among mjrbeft friends : The Governour and the Black Frier,
who defired nothing fo much as my removal, knew admirably well

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how to diffemble their hatred and their jealoufie ; the firfj in fending to
me the Officer of his houfe, to affurc me of the forrow which he con-
ceived from my misfortune, and to offer all poffible afllftance to me f
the other in coming to the Grate, to fhed fome falfe tears, which joy,
rather than companion, drew from him.

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CHAP. V.

Description of the Prifon. I writ to the Inqnificrs, who returned
me no anfwer. Extreme mifery of the Prifoners.

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THe Prifon of Daman is lower than the River, which is near to it,
which makes it moift and unhealthy ; and it wanted but little that
it was not overflowed fome years fince, by a hole which the Prifoners
had made under the Wall, for to efcape- thereby. • The Walls are very
thick. The Prifon confifts in two large low Rooms, and&ne upperone.
The Men are in the lower, the Women in the upper Room; Of the
two lower Rooms, the greater is about 40 foot long, and I $■ broad,
and the other two thirds of this extenfion. We were in this fpaceof
ground about 40 Prifoners, and there was no other place to fatisfie the
ordinary neceilities of nature but that. We made water in the middle
of this Room, where the collection of thefe waters made a kind of Sea :
and the Women had no better convenience in their ftage, there being
this only difference between them and us, that their waters ran from
their high room through the Planks into ours, where all thofe different
waters mixed together. For the other excrements, our only conveni-
ence was a large Basket, which was fcarce emptied above once a week ;
whereby an innumerable (warm of Worms were bred, which covered
the pavement, and came even upon our Beds. While I ftaid in this
Prifon, the care which I took to have it cleanfed, rendred it a little left
horrible ; but altho I often caufed even jo Pitchers of Urine to be caft
out in one day, yet the ftink ceafed not to be very great.

Scarce was I (hut up in this fad dwelling, but making a ferious re-
flexion upon my unhappinefs, I eafily difcovered thecaufe, andrcfolved
to forget nothing which might contribute to my enlargement. My
friends continually told me, That my belt and readieft way to recover
my liberty, was to confefs voluntarily, and at large, what I thought
had procured my ruin. Being willing then to make ufe of their advice,
I writ to Goa to the Grand lnquiiitor, who is called ini Portuguese, Inqui-
fidor mor : I ingenioufly declared to him jn my Letter, all which 1 be-
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lieved I could have been accufed of ; and defired him to confider, that
if I had failed, it was rather through levity and imprudence, than ma-
lice. My Letter was delivered faithfully, but againft my hope and
the defire of my friends, they returned no anlwer to me, but filtered
me to languifh in this ftinking and obfcure Prifon, in the company of
diverfe Negroes ; who, as well as I, were arretted by Order of the
H. Office.

The charitable care which Dona Franc ifca took of me all the time
that I ftay'd Prifoner at Daman, rendred my Captivity a little more
fapportable, This generous Lady contented not her felf to fend me
what was neceflary, but I received every day from her wherewith to
nourifii abundantly and delicately four perfons. She her felf took the
trouble of drefllng my meat, and always fent along with the Slave, who
brought the meat, fome of her Grand-Children, who might fee me re-
ceive it; fearing left any one mould fuborn her Domefticks or the Jaylor
to poifon me. And altho flie could not come in Oerfbn to comfort me
in the Prifon, fhe took care that her Husband, her Children, and her
Sons-in-Law fhould come every day.

It was not ib with the other Prifoners ; there is no regulated fub-
fiftance for them at Daman : the Magiitrates leave them to the Charity
of whofoever have a mind to relieve them : And as there were in the
whole Town but two perfons, who fent them Meat duly twice a Week;
the greateft part of the Prifoners receiving nothing upon other days,
were reduced to fo deplorable a mifery , that this contributed not a
little to imagine mine the greater. I gave all that I could (pare from my
own fubfiftance, yet there were fome of thofe unhappy perfons, who
were feparated from us but by a Wall, who were forced by hunger to
live upon their own Excrements. Upon this occafion 1 learned that fome
years before about Fifty Malabar Pirates being taken and fhut up in this
Room, the horrible Famine which they fuffered, caft more than forty of
them into fuch a defpair that they ftrangled thernfelves with the Linnert
of their Turbants. The extremity which thofe poor people endured that
were with me, created much compaflion in me, which induced me to
write to the Governour, and to the Chief Men of the Town, who af-
ter that were fo charitable as to fend maintenance to thefe miferable
VieYims of the H. Office.

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CHAP. V I.

The return of the Father Commiffary. They remove me to Goa.

TH E Commiffary had not found me a Crimtrrar m that Confcflion,
which I went to make to him of my own accord, as I before faid ;
and although he had found me a Criminal, yet ought I to remain free
according to the Laws of the inquifition. But as this was not the inten-
tion of the Governourand the Black Frier, this Father violating all thefe
Laws, had accufed me 3s Dogmatizing Heretick ; he might have fent
me to the Inquifition o(Goa immediately after my imprifonment and if
he had done ib, I might \\dve come out of Prifon three months after, at.
the Act of 'Faith , which was performed in the December following. But
this was not the intent of my Rivals, that I mould be fo foon at liberty,
this is the reafon why the Commiffary/ar from removing me immediate-
ly from Daman, departed himfelfthat he might not receive my defires
and complaints, and went to Goa as foon as he caufed me to be arretted,
from whence he returned not till after the Abl of Faith, that is to fay,
till the end of December', and I know not whether he employed the four
months which he made me pafs in the Ptifon of Daman, in commending
me to the Inquifitor,as a Man very criminal, and very dangerous, whom
it were neceflary to remove from the Indies ; rather 1 have reafon to fuf-
ped it, by the rigour which they affecled to ufe in my condemnation,,
which appeared Co extraordinary even in Portugal. The CommilTary re-
turned then the 20th of December, with the little Fleet which goeth ordi-
narily in this Seafon from Goa to Cambaia, for to ferve as a Convoy to>
the Merchant Ships. This Father who had order to caufe all the Prifbn-
ers of the Inquifition to be embarqued upon the Galliots, warned me to
be ready to depart, when the Fleet mould return from Cambaia.

Monfieur V Able carre returning in the mean time from St. 7lome,where
was Menfieur de la Haye, and palling by Daman, having, with much diffi-
culty obtained leave to fee me, was fo kind as to vifit me in the Prifon
upon the. Eve and the day ofQhrifimas, which was that of his departure
to Surrat. I writ to the CommilTary, anddefired him bydiverfe perfons,
that he would fpeak with me ; but neither my Letters, nor the follicita-
tions of thofe who intereffed themfelves for me could prevail with him ;
fo much did he fear the juft reproaches which I mould have made to him
upon account of his infincerity.

About rhe fame time, a Fortuguexx, named Manual Vas, whom I had
known very particularly, being accufed of having a Wife in Portugal,

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Was arrefted by order of the H. Office, and carried into the Prifon where-
I was, for having married afecond Wife a month finceat Daman,

My generous ProtecTxefs underftanding that I was to be removed to
Goa, failed not to prepare provifions for me, which might have fufFered
for a much longer Voyage than what I was to perform. At laft, part of
the Fleet being returned from Cambaia, the Commifiary fent Irons and
Chains for to put upon the feet of all thofe who were to be carried to
Goa: The Negroes were chained two and two, except fome which
were (b wafted with famine endured in the Prifons, that they wereforced
in embarquing them, to leave them the liberty of their Feet, which yet
they were not in any condition to make ufe of. As for the Pcrtuguez^-
and me, they did us the honour for to afford us feparate Irons. The
CommiflTary had alfb the Civility to tell me, that he left me the choice,
of two Chains, which were deftined for his fellow Country-man and my
felf, and to make ufe of his Civility, I chofe the moft convenient, al-
though the heavier Chain. I went out of Prifon with the reft, on the laft
of December, and was carried in a Pelangvin with the Irons on my feet,
to the-bank of the River, where I found diverfe of my friends met toge--
ther, whom I had the liberty to embrace, and bid farewei to them. The
Governour who was prefent, omitted nothing whereby he might pcr-
fwade me of the Ibrrow which he took in my misfortune ; and made a
thoufand counterfeit Prayers for my fpeedy deliverance and happy re-
turn. The fight of my friends and their tears, (erved only to augment
my grief; but nothing was more grievous to me than the denial of taking
leave of my Benefactrefs, whom I would have thanked for all her chari-
table care which fhe had taken of me ; at laft, after many melancholly
complements, they put me into a Boat,and I was carried into one of the
Galliots of this little Fleet, which expected only the Orders of their
General for to weigh her Anchors.

CHAP. VIF.

Departure from Daman. We pafs to Bacaim, and ft ay there. Our
Arrival at Goz.

ALthough one great part of the Galliots and Barques were not yet
arrived from Dm and Comb aia, the General, JLtwis de Mello, ceafcd
not to give thefignalof departure tothofe-whtch were then at Daman.
From whence we parted the firft day of the year 1674. w,tn a defigo
to go to Bacaim, to wait there till the reft of the Fleet mould joyn us>

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as the wind was favourable, and that we had not above 20 Leagues to-
Sail, we arrived there on the morrow, and had no fooner let down our
Anchors, but all the Prifoners were immediately Landed, and carried
into the Prifons of that Town, to be kept there all the while the Ships
fhould remain in the Haven. I was carried thither with the reft. One
of my friends, who had been fettled a while fmce at Bacaim, having in
vain endeavoured to obtain leave to fee me, allured me by a Letter that
he had alfo much difficulty to let me know the part which he took in my
misfortune.

The Prifbn of Bacaim is lefs rafty, and larger than that of -Daman, we
found there a good number of Companions in mifery, whom the Father
Commiflary of the Inquifition in that Town had detained Prifoners a long
time, waiting for a fit occafion to fend them to Goa. They were all
Chained as we were. They put us aboard the 7th of the fame Month,
and all the Fleet being met together, and fufficiently provided with all
things necelfary, we weighed Anchors, and made Sail the next day.

There happened nothing remarkable to us during the reft of the Voyage,
We failed always in fight of Land, and the Wind being pretty favoura-
ble to us, we arrived on the fourteenth at the Bar of Goa. Our Captain
having immediately given advice to the Inquifitors, we landed the next
day, and were carried to the Inquifition. But becaufe there was no
audience on that day, one of the Officers of the Houfe caufed us to be
carried into the ordinary Prifbn ; that is, into the Prifon of the Arch-
bifhop of Goa. This Prifbn is called in Portuguese, aljowvar. I entred
one of the rirft, and fa w all our unfortunate Companions arrive by de-
grees, and meet together, after their difperfion during tjie Voyage.

This Prifon is the moft rafty, the molt dark, and the moft horrible
of all which I ever faw ; and I doubt whither a more nafty and horri-
ble Prifon can any where be found. It is a kind of Cave, wherein there
is no day feen but by a very little palTage ; the moft fubtile rays of the
Sun cannot enter into it, and there is never any true light in it. The
ftink of it is extreme, for there is no other place for the neceflities of
the Prifoners, than a dry Pit upon the floor, in the middle of the Cave,
which a man dare fcarce approach, infomuch as part of the ordure re-
mained upon the fide of the Pit, and the greateft part of the Prifoners
went nottfo far, but eafed themfelves round about it. When night
came, I durft not venture to lay my felf down, as fearing the Vermin,
whereof the Prifbn was full, and the ordures, wherewith it was fcat-
tered all over, but was forced to pafs away the night, leaning againft
a Wall. Neverthelefs, as horrible as this dwelling was, I fhould have
preferred it to the private and lightfbme Chambers of the Holy Inquifi-
tion ; becaufe there was company and conversation to be had in the

al

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,al Jouvar, whereas I was informed there was none in the Prifons of the
Holy Office..

CHAP. VEIL

How I was conduced to the Inquifition, and what is done to them
who are Jhut up in Prifon.

Began to flatter my felf that they would differ me to remain in the
•» al Jouvar, till my affair mould be ended, becaufe they had left us
there all the day and the night following.' But I few all my hopes to
vanifh, when on the 16th day of January, an Officer came at Eight of
the Clock in the morning with order to carry us to the Holy Houfe.
Which was immediately put into Execution. It was not without great
trouble that I got to the place whither they conducted me, becaufe of
the Irons I had upon my Leggs. Yet were we in this lamentable equi-
page forced to walk the whole way from the al Jouvar to the Inquisi-
tion. Being helped to afcend the ftairs, 1 entred with my Companions
into the great Hall, where we found Smiths, who took our Irons off;
after which I was firft called to audience.

After I had crofTed the Hall, I paffed in an Antichamber, and from
thence to the place where my Judge was. This place, which is called
by the Portuguese, Mela do Santo Officio, that is, the Table of the Holy Of-
fice, was fpread with diverfe pieces of Taffeta, fome Blue, , others
Orange-colour. At one of the ends was placed a great Crucifix in Re-
lievo, which reached almoft to the Plancher. There is in the middle of
the Chamber a great Scaffold, upon which is placed a Table about i j
foot long and 4 broad, and round about Rails, even upon the Scaffold,
Atone of the ends of this Table, and upon the fide of the Crucifix, was
the* Secretary fitting upon a folding Stool. I was placed at the other
end, over againft the Secretary : Juft by me, and on my Right hand,
was within a Rail the Grand Inquifitor of the Indies, called Francifco Del
Gudo e Mates, a Secular Prieft, about 40 years old ; becaufe of the two
Inquifitors which are ordinarily at Goa, the Second, which is always a
Pveligious of the Order of St. Dominick, was gone a little before into
Portugal, and that none had been yet named to Ripply his place.

As ibon as I was entred into the Chamber of Audience, I caft my felf
at the feet ofmy Judge, imagining to mollirle him by this humble" po-
fture.- But he would not fuffer me to continue in that pofture, com-
manding me to arife. Then having asked my Name, and my Profeffion,
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he enquired whether I knew for what reafon I had been arrefted, and
advifed me to declare it at large ; fmce this was the only means to reco-
ver my liberty fpeediiy. After 1 had fatisiied his two firft queftions, I
told him I believed I knew the reafon of my detention ; and that if he
would have the goodnefs to hear me, I would accufe my felfupon the
Ipot, I mixed my tears with my prayers, and once more proftrated
my (elf at his feet : But my Judge, without being moved, told me it
ftgnified nothing ; that he had then more important bufinefs to handle
than mine was ; and that he would caufe me to be advertifed when he
fliould refurne my affair : and fo immediately ringing a little Bell of Sil-
ver which was before him, he made ufe of it to call the Alcaide ,or jay lor,
of the Holy Office, who entred into the Chamber, from whence he led
me, and carried me into a long Gallery. not far off, whither the Secreta-
ry followed us : Thither I faw my Trunk brought, which was opened
in my prefence ; they fearched me alio narrowly, and took from me
all which I had about me, to my very Buttons, and a 4U'ng which I had
upon my finger, without leaving me any thing except my Chaplet and
my Handkerchief, and fbme pieces of Gold which I had fowed up in
one of my Garters, which they forgot to fearch. Of all the reft they
immediately made a pretty exaft Inventory, which afterwards was
wholly unufeful to me; for all that was valuable was never reftored to
me, although at that time the Secretary had affured me, that at my en-
largement all mould be faithfully returned into my hands : and the In-
quifitor himfelf had after thatofttimes reiterated the famepromife.

This Inventory being finifhed, the Alcaide took me by the hand, and
led me bare-headed into a little Cell often foot fquare, where I was fhut
up all alone, without fight of anyone, till the evening, when they brought
ms my Supper. As I had eaten nothing either this or the foregoing
day, 1 received very gladly what they gave to me ; and this contributed
to give me a little reft the following night. When they came the next
day to give me wherewith to break my faft, I asked for my Books and
my Combs ; but I foon underftood that they gave the firft to no body,
not even the Breviary to Priefts ; and that the fecond were no longer
neceffary to me, my hair being immediately cut off ; which is done to
all the Prifbners of what condition or fex foever, the firft day that they
enter into thefe Holy Frijons, or on the morrow at the lateft.

Imuft here for fome time interrupt the account of what particularly
refpefts my felf, to defcribe fuccinclly this Houfe, with the Orders and
Formalities that are obferved in it.

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C.H A P. IX.

Defcription of the Inqnifition of Go a.

TH E Houfe of the Inquifition, which tjie Vortugueze called Santa Cafa,
that is, the Holy Houfe, is fcituate<J on one fide of the great fpace
which is before the Cathedral Church Dedicated to St. Catherine. This
Houfe is great and magnificent, having in its front 3 Gates, that in the
middle is larger than the other, and it is by this that they afcend into
.the great Stair-care which leadethinto the Hall before mentioned. The
Gates oh the fides lead to the apartments of the Inquifitors, of which eve-
ry one is large enough to lodge a reafonable train. There is within it
'diverfe other-apartments for the Officers of the Houfe ; and in palling
farther, may be feen*a large Building divided into diverfe Lodgings, in
two Stories,*, Separated the one from the other by Back-courts. There
is in every Stage a Gallery, one ten foot fquare ; and the number of
thefe Chambers may be in all two hundred.

The little Cells of one of thefe Dormitories are dark, without any
Window, lower and leffer than the otherss; and they fhewd me them one
day, when I complained that I was treated with too much rigour, to let
me know that I might have been worfe provided than I was. The
others are fquare, vaulted, \)vh.ited, private, ancl, enlightned by means
of a little grate Window, which (hutteth not ; and to which the talleft
man cannot reach. The Walls are throughout $• foot thicjk ; every
Chamber is ftiut with two doors, the one on the infide, and the other on
the outfide of the Wall; that within confifts of two folding leaves, is
ftrong, well bolted, and opened from the lower part like a grate. It .
hath in the upper part a little Window, by which the Prifoners receive
their Meat, their Linnen, and other things whereof they have need, and
which can pafs through it. This Window hath a little mutter to it,
which is (hut with two ftrong bolts. The door which is on the outfide
of the Wall, is not fo ftrong nor fo thick as the other, but is whole, and
without any Window; they leave that ordinarily open from fix in the
morning to eleven, that the Wind may enter in by the Clefts of the
other door, and fo the air of the Chamber may be purified.

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CHAP, X
In what manner the Fr //oners of the In qui fit Ion are treated.

kHey give to every one of thofe, whom their unhapinefs leads into
thefc Holy Prifbns, an Earthen- Pot full of Water to wafh them-
felves ;• another more convenient ofthofe which are called Gurgukta,
alio full of Water to drink, with a Pucaro or Cup made of a kind of
fine earth, which is commonly found in the Indies, and which cooleth the
Water admirably well, after it hath flood in it for fome while. They
give them alfo a Broom to keep their Chamber clean ; a Matt to fpreacf
upon the floor where they lye; a great Bafon which is changed every
four days, and a pot to cover it ; which ferveth alio to put the filth in,
which is fwept up. The Prifoners are there pretty well treated, they
have three Mecals in a day, that is, Breakfaft at fix a Clock of the morn-i
ing, Dinner at ten, and Supper at four a Clock in the evening. Tlis
breakfaft of the Negroes is ordinarily Cange, which is Water thickned
with Rice. For their other Meals they always make ufe of Rice and
Fifh. The Whites or Europeans are better treated. They carry to them
ta the morning a little foft bread, weighing about 3 Ounces, with fried
Fifh, Fruits, and a Saufage, if it be Sunday, and' fbmetimes alfo upon
Ihurfday. They gave them alfo flefh to dinner on thefe two days, with
a little bread as in the morning ; a Plate of Rice with fome Ragout^ and
much fwace, to mingle with the Rice which is boiled only with Water
and Salt. On all other days they have nothing to Dinner but Fifh, for
Supper they bring to them in like manner Bread, fried Fifh, a Plate of
Rice and a Ragout of Fifh or of Eggs, whofe fwace my be eaten with
the Rice. As tor flefh they never make ufe of it to Supper, not even
upon JLafcerday; I think that this way of life is not obferved fo much out
of fparingnefs, fifh being a very good commodity in the Indies, as for
to mortifie the more thofe who have incurred the greater Excommuni-
cation, and to preferve them, at the fame, time, from that cruel difeafe
which the Indies call Mordechi, which is nothing elfc but indigeftion, a
difeafe very frequent and dangerous in thefe Climates ; and above^all, in
a place where noexeceife is performed.

They take care to give thefick Perfons all things neceffary for them,
The Phyficians and Chirurgions fail not to vifit them at all requifite
times ; and if the ficknefs grows dangerous, they afTign Confeflbrs to
them.- But they adminifter to none-within this Holy Houfe, either the
Eucharift, or Extreme Un&ion. A* alfo they never hear Mafs there.

Thofe

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'Thofe who die within thefe Prifons, arc buried in the 'houfe without
any ceremony. And if they are judged worthy of death 'according to
the maxims of this Tribunal, they are digged up, and their bones are
kept to be burnt at the next AH of Faith. I will relate in another place
the particularities of this Ceremony.

As it is always very hot in the Indies, and in the Inquifition no Books
are allowed to any perfon, the Prifbners never fee any fire, nor other
light than that of the day. There is in every Cell two Couches to lye
upon, becaufe when neceffity requireth it, they (hut up two perfons
together. Befides the Matt which is given to every one, the White Men
have moreover a Coverlet, which ferveth inftead of a Matt, there be-
ing no need of it to cover themfelves, unlefs it be to avoid the perfec-
tion of thofe Flies, which are called Cmfins, and are there in very
great numbers, and which caufe one of the greateft inconveniencies,
that is to be found in this melancholy retirement. ->

CHAP. XI.

Wherein is treated of the Officers of the Inquifition.

THere is at Goa two Inquifitors. The fir ft whom they call fa^mf*
dor mor, or the great Inquifi tor, is always a Secular Prieft, and
the fecond a Religious, of the Order of St. Dominick. The Holy Office
hath alfo Officers, whom they call Deputies of the Holy Office ; thefe are
in greater number. There is of all Religious orders : They affift at
the" Trial of the accufed perfons, at their examination and forming of
their Procefs ; but they never come into the Tribunal without being
fent for by the Inquifitor.

There are others, whom they call Calficadores of the Holy Office', to
whom they aflign the care of examining in Books, the proportions
which they fufpecl: to be contrary to the purity of Faith. And thefe
aflift not at the Trials, nor come to the Tribunals, but orrty their re-
port concerning the things which are committed to their charge.

There is moreover a Promotor, a Procurator, and Advocates for the
Prifoners who defke them, whoferve not ib much to defer id them, as
to pump out their moft fecret thoughts, and to betray them : And even
although there fhould be no reafbn to doubt of their ikleliiy, their pro-
tection would yet be wholly unufeful to the accuicd perfont, fince thofe
Advocates never fpeak to them but in the .prefence of the Judges, or of
perfons whom they fend to give an account of thefe Conferences. The

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Inquifition hath other Officers, whom they call Familiars of the Holy Of-
fice, who are properly the Sergeants of this Tribunal. Perfons of all
conditions are ambitious to be admitted into this noble function, altho
they be Dukes or Prince?. They employ them to go and arreft accufed
perfons ; and they are wont ordinarily to fend a Familiar of Quality for
him whom they would apprehend. Thefe Officers have no wages, and
they efteem it fufficient reeompence to have the honour to ferve fo holy
a Tribunal. They carry always as a mark of Honour, a Medal of
Gold, upon which are engraved the Arms of the Holy Office. They
go alone when they intend to arreft any one ; and as fbonasthey have
declared to any perfon that they are called by the Inquifitors, every
one is obliged to follow them- without replying; for if any fhould
in the leaftrefift, the whole multitude of people would not fail to lend
their affiftance for the execution of the Orders of the Holy Office. Be-
sides all thefe Officers, there are alfo Secretaries, true Sergeants, whom
they call Meirinhos, an Alcaide or Jaylor, and guards to watch over the
Prisoners, and bring them their meat, with other things eeceffary.'

CHAP. XII.

In -what manner the Officers of Inquifition behave themfelves to*
wards the Prifoners.

■

AS All the Prifoners are feperated, and that it feldom happens that
two are put together, • four perfons are more than fufficient to guarc!
two hundred. They caufe a perpetual filence to be in the Inquifition ;
and thofe who would lament themfelves, weep, or even pray to God
too loud, put themfelves in danger of receiving blows, with a Switch,
from the Guards ; who at the leaft noife which they hear, run to the
place whence it cometh to give them notice to be filent ; and if Obedi-
ence be wanting to the fecond command, they open the Doors, and
beat the Prifoners without mercy; which ferveth not only to correct
thofe which they chaftize in this manner, but alfb to terrifie the reft,
who all hear the cries and the blows, by reafon of the profound filence
which is obferved every where. The Alcaide and the Guards are con-
tinually in the Galleries, and they lye there all night.

The Inquifitor, accompanied with a Secretary and an Interpreter,
vifiteth all the Prifoners from two to two months, or thereabouts, for to
ask them if they want any thing; whether their Meat be brought to
them at the prefcribed hours, and whether they have not any complaints

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to make agaiaft the Officers which are about them. As. foon as anfwer
is made upon thefe 3 Articles they immediately (hut the door. In truth,
thefe Vifits are made only to fet forth that Juftice and Goodnefs whereof
they make Oftentation in this Tribunal, but produce not the leaft profit
or afliftance to the Prifoners who make their Complaints, fince they are
not at all the more kindly treated. Thofe among the Prifoners who
poffefs any proper Goods, are no whit better treated than thofe who
have none; and they furnifh to the laft neceffaries from what is confiPca-
ted from the others. For the Holy Office very feldom fails to coniifcate
all the Goods, moveable and immoveable, of thofe who have the misfor-
tune to fall into their hands.

chap. xnr.

Of the Formalities which are ohferved in the Inquifiticn;

WHen any perfon is brought, before the Inquifition, they firft of all
ask him his Name, his Profeffion, or his Quality ; then they ex-
hort him to give an exacl; account of all his Goods ; and to induce him
the more eafily to it, they fignifie to him on the part of Jefus Chrift,
that if he be innocent, all which he (hall have declared to be his, (hall be
faithfully reftored to him ; and that on the contrary, even although his
innocence fhould be clearly proved, all which could be afterwards dis-
covered to belong to him, which he had not acknowledged, mould re.
main conhTcated, and be loft to him. And becaufe almoft all perfons
are prepoffefild with an Opinion ©f the Holinefs and Integrity of this
Tribunal ; a perfon to whom his own Confcience reproacheth not any
Crime, not doubting but that his innocence will be demonftrated, and
that consequently his liberty will be reftored to him, maketh no fcruple
to rev: alto thefe Inquifitors whatsoever is moft fecret, and of greatcft
importance, within his Affairs and whole Family.

It is not without tome apparent reafon that the Publick is prepoffeffect
in favour of this Tribunal ; for to confider only the external part of it,
there is no Judicature in the World wherein Juftice is exercifed with
greater Sweetnefs and Charity. Thofe who accufe themfelves of their
own accord, and who teftirie their Repentance before they are appre-
hended, remain free, and are not liable to be Imprifoned ; it is true, that
they there look upon fuch as Criminals, who accufe not themfelves be-
Fore their Imprifbnment, and that they condemn them as fuch: But they
never punifh any perfon with any temporal punifhment which proceed-
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eih lo Death, except thofe who arc manifeftly Convicted. They are
not contented there with two or three Witnefles, as in other Laick Judi-
catures, for to look upon an accufed perfon as a Convicted Criminal ;
And although two Witnefles fuffice to decree the apprehenfion of any
miii, it is required that there be, at leaft, feven to condemn him. How
enormous fbever the Crifne be, whereof the accufed peribn is a reputed
Convict, the Holy Office contents it (elf with the Ecclefiaftical punifh-
ment of Excommunication, and the Confiscation of his Goods. And in
irefpect of Temporal and Corporal punifhments, for which the Criminal
s owing to the Laick Juftice, if he acknowledged his Crime, he is quit-
ted for that time : The Holy Office intercedes for him, fufpends the Se-
cular Arm, and obtaineth pardon for the Criminal. Neither are there
any exhortations, or inftances, which theywill not "make to produce this
acknowledgment ; it is true, that if he relapfeth into his Crime, the
Inquifition cannot any longer fave him, but ihe abandons him unwil-
lingly, and delivers him not to the Secular Arm, till after (he hath ob-
tained of the Lay Judges, that if they perfift in their refolutions of pu-
ni thing the relapfed Criminal with Death, it (hall be, at leaft, without
effufion of blood : What gentlenefs is this?

But after having faid all which can be alledged in favour of the Holy
Office, we mult add fomc Circumftances, which will manifeft what is
to be expected from this apparant goodnefs and charity. The Witnefles
are never confronted. They receive for Witnefles all forts of perfbns,
even thofe who are intereflecl in the life and condemnation of the accufed
perfon. They never admit any objection to be made by the accufed,
againfl: Witnefles the moft notorioufly unworthy of being heard, and
molt uncapable of depofing againfl: him. The number of thefe Wit-
nefles is ofttimes reduced to five ; they comprehend in the number of
thefe Witnefles the pretended Complices, who depofe only in time of
torture, and who can fave their lives no otherwife than by confefllng
that which they never did. And in this number of feven, the pretended
guilty ■ perfon is comprehended, who confefllng in torture the Crime
which he never committed, is reputed a W itnefs againfl himfelf Of-
tentimes, alfo, this number of feven is reduced to none, becaufe it is
cimpofed only of pretended Complices, who are truly innocent of the
Crime which they impofe upon them ; and whom the Inquifition renders
truly Criminal, in forcing them either by threats of fire, or by torture,
to accufe the innocent, to fave their own lives. For to understand well
this Myftery, we are to know, that among the ruines which the Inqui-
fition hath right to take cognizance of, there are fome which may be
committed in that manner, that one alone is guilty, as Blafphemyv Im-
piety, &c. There are others which cannot be committed without ha-
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ving at fe'aft one Complice, as Sodomy. AndlafHy, there are others
which cannot be committed without having diverfe Complices ; as to
have affifted at the Jewijh Sabbath, or to have partaken in thofc Super-
fluous Aftemblies,* which the Converted Idolaters have fo much diffi-
culty to quit, and which they treat as Magick and Sorcery ; becaufe
they are held to difcover fecret things, or for to know future Events, by
methods which do not naturally lead to fuch knowledge.

It is particularly in refped, and upon occafion of thefe Crimes, which
cannot be committed but with one or more Complices, that the pro-
ceedings of the Holy Office are more ftrange, and more extraordinary.
The jews having been driven out of Spain, by Ferdinand King of Arragon,-
and Ifabelle Queen of Caftile, his Wife, they fled into Portugal, where
they were received upon condition of embracing Chriftianity, which they
did, at leaft in appearance. But as the name of Jew is odious throughout
the whole World, they always diftinguifhed the Chriftian Families from'
the Families of the converted Jews; and they at this day call thofe who-
are defcended from them, in any degree whatfoever, Chrifiams nows,
that is to fay, New Chriftians. And becaufe in procefs of tim?, fome have
contracted alliance with the Ancient Chriftians, they upbraid it conti-
nually to their Succefibrs, that tfify are partly New Chriftians, which the
Portuguese exprefs, by faying, tern parte de Chrifiam novo. Infomuch,
that although their Grandfathers, or Great Grandfathers were Chrifti-
ans, thefe unhappy perfons mall never be able to obtain admiflion into
the number of Chrifiams Velhos, or Ancient Chriftians. And as the Fa-
milies, which are defcended thus dire&ly, or in part from thefe Jews,
are diftin&ly known in Portugal, where they make the object of the ha-
tred and horrour of others ; they are forced to unite themfelves more
ftridtly together, to render to each other that mutual affiftance which
they cannot hope for from others. And it is this very union which aug-
mented the contempt and hatred of them; and which is the ordinary
caufc of their misfortunes.

CHAP. XIV.

Of the lujuftice which is. committed by the faquifitio*, in refpeii of
Terfons accufed of Judaifm.

FO R to illuftrate this matter well, I will fuppofe that a new Chriftr-
an, but who neverthelefs is very finccrely and truly aChriftian de-
scended from thefe unfortunate Families, is arretted by order of the Ho*-

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\y Office ; and that he is accufed not only by feven Witnefles, but by
rtfcy, if you will. This man who is allured of his own innocence,
which he hopeth will be undoubtedly acknowledged., maketh no fcruple
to give to his judge an exact declaration of all his Goods, which hebe-
lieveth will be faithfully reftored to him. Nevertheless thefe Gentle-
men no fooner get them into their Hands, but they fell them publickly,
as being well allured that they lhall never reftore any thing.

Some months being palled, this Man is called to Audience, for to ask
him, if he knows why he is put in Prifon ; to which he fails not toan-
fwer, that he knoweth no reafbn : He is then exhorted to confiderfe-
rioufly, and to tell them ; fince this is the only means fpeedily to re-
cover his Liberty ; after which he is remitted to his Lodgings. He is
again brought to Audience fome time after, and is asked diverfe times
in the fame manner, without drawing any other anfwer from him. But
at laft the time of the Lauto Dafe approaching, the Promotor prefents
himfelf, and declares to him, that he is accufed by a good number of un-
exceptionable Witnefles to have Judaized ; which confifteth in obferving
tlie Ceremonies of the Mofakk Law, as not to eat Swines Flefh, an
Hare, or Fifh without Scales-; to have aflembled with others, and fo-
lemnized the Sabbath day : to have eaten the Pafchal Lamb, and ib in
the reft.* He is then conjured by the Bowels of the Mercy of our Lord
Jefiis Chrift, (Tor thefe are the proper terms which they affect to u(e in
this Holy Houfej voluntarily to confefs his Crimes, fince this is the on-
ly means which remain for him to fave his Life : and that the Holy Office
feeketh all pofflble means not to fuller him to deftroy himfelf. This in-
nocent Man perfifteth in denying what is charged on him, and hereup-
on he is condemned as a Negative Convicted Perlo.n, /tha]: is to fay, one
who is convicted but will not confefs his Crime) to be delivered up to
the Secular Arm, to be punifhcd according to the Laws, that is, for to
be burnt.

Yet they never difcontinue to exhort him to accufe himfelf, and pro-
vided that he do it before the Eve of his being led forth to Execution,
he may yet avoid death. But if he p?rfift to proteft nis innocence,
maugre all Exhortations, Solli.citations, and even Torture it felf, which
are ufed to oblige him to accufe himfelf ; at laft they fignifie to him the
Decree of his Execution on the Friday, which immediately precedeth the
Sunday of his being carried forth. This fignification is made in prefence
of a Serjeant of the Secular Juftice, who eafteth 'a Cord upon the Hands
of the pretended Guilty Perfon, in token that he taketh polfeffion of
him, after that the Ecclefiaftical Juftice hath abandoned him ; after that
a Confeffor is brought in, who never leaveth the condemned Perfon ei-
ther Night or Day j who never ceafeth toprefs him particularly, and

exhort

exhort him to confefs that whereof he is accufed, that he may thereby
fave his Life. An innocent Man muft needs then rind himfelf 'in a great
perplexity. If he continueth to deny till Sunday, he is cruelly put to
death the fame day ; and if he accufeth himfelf, he becometh infamous
and miferable for his whole Life.. Neverthdefs, if the Exhortations ci'
his ConfeUbr, and the fear of the punifhment, induce him to confefs
Crimes which he never committed, he muft defire to be carried to Audi-
ence, which fails not to be immediately granted. Being there in pre-
fence of his Judges, he muft firft declare himfelf Guilty, and then ask
pardon as well for his Crimes, as his Obftinacy, in refuting fo long to
confefs them. And as they always imagine, they have reafon to believe
they accufe themfelves fincerely, they oblige him to relate all his faults
and errours particularly : And fo this innocent man, to whom, they
have already fignified the depofitions of his enemies, not being able to
perform what is required of him, is forced to repeat that, which he had
before heard told to him. This man may then, perhaps, imagine that he
(hall be wholly quitted ; but there remain things to be done by him in-
comparably more difficult than all which he hath hitherto done ; for the
Inquifitors fail not to fpeak to him very near, in this manner. Jf you
have been at (he Alfemblies upon the Sabbath day, as you fay ; and that
your accufers have been there prefent, as is very probable ; for to con-
vince us of the fincerity of your repentance, it is neceflary that you
name not only thofe who have accufed you, but moreover all thofe
who have been with you at thefe Affemblies.

It is not eafie to difcover the reafon which induced Mcfjiews of the.
Holy Office, to oblige thefe pretended Jews to guefs the Witneffes
which have accufed them ; unlefs it be that the Witneffes of aifemhling
in the Sabbath are complices of the faft. Eut how fhall this poor inno-
cent be able to guefs i And if he fhoujd be guilty, for what end is it that
he muft name them to the Holy Office, which already knows them,
fince fhe hath received their depnfition, and that k is only upon account
of this depofition that (he thus treateth the accufed perfon ^:. guilty? In
all other cafes they permit not that the Criminals fhall know their Wit-
neues, againit whom they would have objections to alledge ; here they
force them to guefs who they are. They are Complices, I grant it ;
but the lnquifition wijlnota bit, the better know them after the accufed
perfon (hall have named them. If they accufe themfelves voluntarily,
the lnquifition hath no more to fay to them. If they have been forced
to confefs their crimes in the Prions of the lnquifition, they are there
ftill where they were before ; and it concerns not the Holy Office to
make!ue accufed perfon guefs their names; himfelf will not bc-coms
thereby the more innocent, nor they the lefs guilty. The accufed

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perfon and the witneflfcs are equally in the power of the Inquifition ;
what is then the Defign and Intereit of thefe Judges ? Unlefs it be to
caufe that this man fhould accufe all his Complices in feeking to "guefs
out his Wittneflcs. This may ferve for fbmewhat if he be truly guilty,
but if he be not, this neceffity of gucfling cannot but involve the Inno-
cents ; and fo it happens, for this poor new Chriftian being forced to
name people whom he knows not, to the Inquifition, who knows them
(Tince without that, the confeffion of a crime, whereof he is innocent,
would nothing avail him, to fave him from the fire.) Reafons very near
thus. It, mult neceifarily be, that thofc who have accufed me, mould
be of my kindred, of my friends, of my neighbours; and laftly, fome
of the new Chriftians, whofe company I have wont to frequent : For
the ancient Chriftians are never almoft accufed or lufpected of Judaifm.
Audit may be thatithefe perfons have been reduced to the fame condi-
tion wherein I am at prefent ; it is neceffary therefore that I accufe all
round about me; and as it is not impofllble that he fhould guefs punctually,,
and in order, thofe who have depofed againft him,- to find out the fix
or feven perfons who have accufed him, he is neceflarily obliged" to.
name a great number of innocent perfons who had never thought of him ;
againft whom, neverthelefs, himfelf becomes a Witnefs by his declarati-
onx which is ofttimes fufficient to caufe them to be arretted, and keep
them in the Prifons of the Holy Office, till with time they can get feven
Witneffes againft them, as againft him, whom 1 have already fuppofed :
which will be fufficient to caufe them to be condemned to the fire.

; CHAP. XV.

If herein is farther treated of the Formalities which are ohferved
in the Inquifition.

IT is eaiie to know by what hath been already faid in the precedent
Chapter, that thefe miferable Victims of the Inquifition mutually
accufe one another ; and that a man may by this means be very inno-
cent, although he hath fifty Witneffes againft him, and yet this man as
innocent as he is, for want of accufing hirrifelf* or ofgueffing well, is de-
livered to the Executioners as fufficiently convicted; which would never
happen, or at leaft very feldom, if they took care to confront the accu-
fers, witneffes, and accufed perfons.

. All which is practiled againft perfons fufpected of Judaifm,. and all
which hath been hitherto (aid, is to be underftood alfo of perfons be-
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come fufpe&ed of Sorcery ; becaufe they are fuppofcd to Have been pre-
fent at thofe fuperftitious affemblies which J before mentioned. And
here the difficulty of naming their pretended complices and ajxufes is
much greater, becaufe they are not as the New Chriftians, to feek their
w-itnefies, and their complices, in a certain fpecies of men. But it is ne-
ceiiary that they find thrm at a venture, and indifferently, among their
whole acquaitance, friends, kindred, enemies, neuters of all profeffi-
ons, which takes in many more innocents into thefe fortuitous and for-
ced accufations ; becaufe they muft name a greater number, Co to meet
in this multitude of innocents with the v/itnefies, concerning whom they
are asked.

The Goods both of thofe who are punifhed with Death, and of thofe
who avoid it by their confefllon, are equally confifcated ; becaufe they
are reputed guilty. And as the Inquilitors defire not fo much their
Lives as their Goods, and that according to the Laws of the Tribunal,
they deliver none over to the Secular Arm but relapfed perfbns, * and
thole who will not fubfcribe to their Accufations ; thefe Judges ufe all
poffible Arts to induce the Prifoners to confefs, not forgetting to rack
them, to force them to it. They are alfo fo merciful as to- Rack thefe
accufed perfons in a moft violent manner, for to fave their Lives in for-
cing them to confefs the Crimes whereof they are accufed ; but the true
reafbn which makes them fo pafllonately defire that one fhould accufe
himfelf, is that a man having confeffed himfelf guilty,, the World hath
no. longer any reafbn to doubt that his Goods were juftly confifcated.
And becaufe remitting the punifhment of Death to thefe pretended Cri-
minals, they dazlethe eyes of the Simple with an apparant Goodnefs and
Juftice, which contributes, not a little, to preferve the Idea commonly
entertained of the holinefe and gentlenefs of this Tribunal ; without
which Artifice, it could not any long time fubfilr.- It will not be amifs
here to let the Reader know, that thofe who have thus efcaped the fire
by their forced Confeffion, when they are out of the Prifbn of the Holy
Office, are ftri&ly obliged to publifh that they were treated with much"
goodnefs and clemency, fince their life was preferved to them, which
they had juftly forfeited. For if a man who having confeffed himfelf
guilty^ mould afterwards prefume to juftifie himfelf after his enlarge-
ment, he would be immediately accufed, arrefted, and burnt at the firfl
Aft of Faith , without any hope of pardon.

E a C H A P,

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* chap. xvr.

Other kinds of Injuftke which are ordinarily committed in the la.-
qui Jit ion.

IF Chriftians are often put to death falfly accufed, and flenderly con-
victed of having Juclaized ; as the Judges of the Holy Office would
themfelves foon acknowledge, if they would take the pains to examine
the matter without prejudice, and confider, that among an hundred'
Perfons condemned to the Fire, as Jews, there are fcarce found four
who profefs this Law at their death, the reft crying cut and protefting
to their lair breath, that they are Chriftians, that they have been fo all
their Lives, that they adore Jefus Chrift as their only and true God, and
that it is wholly upon his Mercies and the Merits of his adorable Blood'
that they found all their hopes. But the cries and declarations of thefe
unhappy Perfons, if we may fo call them, who furYer for not acknow-
ledging a Lye, cannot in the leaft move thefe Gentlemen, who imagine
that this authentick Confeffion of their Faith, which fo great a number
of People make in dying, deferveth not to obtain the leaft reflection ;
and who believe that a certain number of W itneffes,whom the fole fear of
Fire hath induced to accufe very innocent Perfons, will be a reafon ftrong
enough to defend them from the juft vengeance of God. If I fay, fo
many Chriftians palling for Jews are unjuftly delivered up to Execution
in all the Inquifitions, there are nolefs, nor fewer acts oflnjuftice per-
formed in the Indies, againft thofe who are accufed of Magick and Sor-
cery, and as fuch condemned to the Fire. For to illuftrate this, we are
to obferve that the Gentiles, who in Paganifm obferved a very great
number of ridiculous Superftitions ; to know, for example, the fuccefs
of an Affair, or of a difeafe, whether one is loved by a certain Perfon,
who ftole away any thing which is loft, and for other reafbns of this
nature : that thefe Gentiles, I fay, cannot fb well, nor fo readily forget
-all thefe things, but that they put them often in practice after they are
Baptized ; which will be thought lefs ftrange if we confider that in
Frame, where the Chriftian Religion hath been eftabliflied for fo many
Ages, there may be yet found fo many Perfons who will give belief to, and
ufe their impertinent Ceremonies, which fo long a time hath not caufed
to be forgotten. Farther, that thofe Gentiles newly Converted to the
Faith, have paffed the greater part of their Life in Paganifm, and that
thole who live in the States of the King cf Portugal in the Indies, are Sub-
jects or Slaves, who ordinarily change not their Religion, but in hope

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of being better treated by their Lords and Matters ; neverthelefs thefe
fort of faults which in grofs and ignorant Perfons, (would methinks de-
ferve rather the Whip than the Fire, ceafe not to be expiated by this
cruel punifhment in all thofe who are convicted, according to the Max-
ims of this Tribunal the fecond time, if they confeffed the firft time ;'
or the firft time, if they perfiftedto deny the Fact. And the Inquifiti-.:
on puniflieth not only" Chriftians, who fall, or who are accufed to have
fallen into the cafes, whereof it hath right to judge, but alfo Mahome-
tans, Gentiles, and other ftrangers of whatfoever Religion they be, who
have committed anv of thefe Crimes, or who have performed any ex-
ercife of their Religion in the Gountrys fubject to the King of Portugal.
For although the Prince granteth Liberty of Confcience, the Holy Office
having the Interpretation of this CommilTion, confenteth indeed that
Strangers fhould live in their Religion, but puniflieth thofe as guilty
who perform any exercife of it. And as in the Lands of the Portuguese
Dominion in the Indies, there are many more Mahometans and Gentiles
than Chriftians, and that the Inquifition which puniflieth the relapfed'
Chriftians with death, never inflicteth Capital Punifliment upon thofe
who never received Baptifm, altho they ftiould relapfe an hundred times
into the fame Fault ; and that at the moft they are quittedTor Banifh-
ment, the Whip, or the Gallies ; this fear of living condemned to the
Fire hinders many from embracing Chriftianity. And the Holy Office
far from being ufeful in thefe Countries to the Propagation of the Faith,
ferveth for nothing elfe but to drive People from the Church, and create
in them an abhorrence of it.

The perpetual Succeffion of Accusations, which neceffarily follow,
all which 1 have hitherto related, and the liberty which every one ta-
keth, of freely accufing thofe who are his enemies, caufeth that the
Prifon of the Inquifition are never long time empty, and tho the Acts
of Faith are made at the lateft from two to two, or from three to" three
years, there fail not neverthelefs to appear in every one about two
hundred Prifoners, and fometimes more.

C H A P. XVII.

Some Particulars concerning the Officers of the Inquifition,

I

N all the Countries of the Portuguese Dominions, there are four In-
quifitions, to wit,- in Portugal thole of Lisbon, Conimkra, and Dew-

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jg, find In the Eajf Indies- that of G^ Thefe Tribunals are all Su-
preme, and judge without Appeal all thofe matters which happen with-
in the extent of their bounds. That of Goa extendeth its JurifiikTioii
overall th.e Country s poifeffed by the King of Portugal, beyond the Caps
efGood Hope. Befide thefe four Tribunals, there is alfb the Great Council
of the Inqmfition, wherein prefideth the. Inquifitor General. This Tribunal
is the chief of all others, and is informed of all which is done by •the
others. Befide the Honour, the exceffive Authority, and the Penfions
annexed to the Charges of all the Inquifitors, they draw thence alto a
considerable profit two ways. The firft, then when they caufe the ef-
fects of the Pri (oners to be publickly fold; by which means, if there be
found any thing rare and precious, they need only fend fome of their
Domefticks to cheapen it ; and.it is certain that no body will dare to be
fo bold as to bid above him. Whence it happens often that things are
adjudged to him at half of their juft value.

The fecond mean, by which they may yet more confiderably gain, is,
that the price of the confifcated Goods being brought into the 3.oyal
Exchequer, they have power to tend orders when they will, and for
what fumms they pleafe, to fupply the expences, and fecret neceflities of
the Holy Office, which is paid to them ready down, without that any
perfon dare enquire wherein thefe fecret necelTities confift, infbmuch as
almoft all which comes from thefe confifcations return to them one way
or other.

All the Inquifitors are named by the King, and confirmed by the
Pope, from whom they receive their Bulls. There is no man at Goa,
but the Grand Inquifitor, who hath or claimeth the right of being car-
ried in a Chair. • Much greater re fpect is. -given to him than either to the
Arch-bifhop or Vice-roy ; and the Governours when the Vice-roy is
dead. His Authority extends over all forts of perfons, JLaick and Ec-
clefiaftick, except the Arch-bifhop, his Grand Vicar, who is always a
Bifhop; the Vice-roy. and the Governours, when the Vice-roy is dead ;
although he can caufe even them to be arretted, after he hath given ad-
vice of his intention to the Court of Portugal, and hath received fecret
Orders of the fupreme Council of the Inquifition at Lisbon, called Cou-
filho Supremo. This Tribunal aflembleth not but from fifteen to fifteen
days, unlets fomewhat. extraordinary intervenes, which may .oblige
them to meet more frequently; whereas the ordinary Councils are re-
gularly aflembied twice a day, in the morning from eight of the Clock
to eleven, and in the afternoon from two to four, and fometimes later,
specially when the times of the Acts of Faith dray near, for then the
Audiences are ofttimes prolonged till ten at night.

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When they judge Caufes, befides the Deputies which aflift, the Arch-
bifhops or Bifhops of the places where the Inquifition is eltabliflied, have
a right to beprefent at the Tribunal, and to prefide therein all the judg-
ments which are made. But it is time to return to what particularly
relates to my ftlf.

CHAP. XVIII.

In what manner I was led the. fir ft time to Audience ', and what they.
[aid to me,

THey had. given me notice when I was firft fhut up in the Prifbns of
the Holy Office, that whensoever I mould have need of any thing,
I need only knock foftly at the door to call the Guards, or defire it of
them at the hours of meals ; and that when I would go to Audience, I
muffaaddrefs my felf to the Alcaide^ who, as well as the Guards, never
(pake to the Prifoners without a witnefs. They had alfo given to me
hopes, as I before (aid, that my Liberty fliould immediately follow my
Confedion. For this reafon I ceafed not' to importune the Officers that
I might be carried before my Judges : But with all thefe tears and en-
treaties, I could not obtain this favour till the laft of January 1674.

The Alcaide accompanied with one of the Guards, came to me upon
this account, at two of the Clock in the Afternoon. I habited my lelf
•according to his Directions, and went out of my Cell, my Head, Leggs,
and Feet being naked. The Alcaide went before me and the Guard
followed me: We marched in this order to the very door of the Cham-
ber of Audience, where the Alcaide having advanced a little and made a
profound reverence, itcpt back to let me enter alone. I found there,
as before, the Inquiiitor and the Secretary. 1 fell down at firft upon
my knees ; but having received order to arife and fit down, I feated my
felf upon a Bench which was at the end of the Table, on the fame fide
with my Judge. 1\Tear me, upon the end of the Table, laid a Miifal ;
upon which, before we proceed any farther, they made me lay my
hand,. and promife to keep fecrefie, and fpeak the Truth; which two
Oaths are exacted of all thofe who approach this Tribunal, whether it
be for to depofe or -to receive any Order. They then asked me if I
knew the caufe of my irnprifonment, and whether I were refolved to
confefs it. To which having anfwered that I defired nothing more, I
recited exactly alf which I before related in the beginning of this Narra*
tive, touching Baptifm, and Images, without faying any thing of what

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I had advanced concerning the Inquifition, becaufe I did nor then remem-
ber it. My Judge having farther asked me whether I had nothing elfe
to fay, and being told that this was all which I remembred/ far from re-
ftoring my Liberty to me, as I had hoped, rimmed this Audience with
thefe very words,

That I had done very wifely in accufing my felf fo willingly, and
that he exhorted me on the oart of our Lord Jefus Chrift, fully to con-
fcfs the reft of my Accusations, to the end that I might make proof of
the Goodnefs and Mercy which are ufed in this Tribunal, towards
thofe who fhew a true repentance of their Crimes, by a finccre and un-
, forced confeffion.

My Confeffion and his Exhortation being rimmed and written down,
they read it to me, and I figned it ; after which the Inquifitor rung the
Bell to call the Alcaide, <who carried me out, and brought me back into
my Chamber in the fame order, in which I had gone.

C H A P. XIX.

My fecond and third Audience,

[ Was carried the fecond time before my judges without denting it,
the i-fth of February, which made me believe that they had fbme
-defign to free me : As foonas I came in they asked me anew, whether
I had nothing more to fay, and exhorted me to difguilfe nothing, but'
on the contrary fincerely to confefs all my Faults. 1 anfwered, that
how great care foever 1 had taken to examine my felf, 1 could not call
to mind any other thing than what I had alreadv confelied. At laft
they asked me my Name, that of myTather, Mother, Brother, Grand-
fathers-and Grand-mothers, God-fathers, and God-mothers ; whether I
were a Chrift am deoitodias, that is to (ay, a Chnftian of eight days , be-
caufein Portugal they baptize not Children till the eighth day after their
Birth ; , as alio Women in Child-bed go not our, nor^oto Church, till
forty days, after their delivery , how happy foever that may have been. My
Judge teemed . to be furprized, when 1 told him that thisCuftom of de-
ferring the Beptifm of Children till the eighth dav was not obferved in
France, where they Baptized them as foon as could be : and it furficient-
ly.appears from the oblervance of thefe Legal Ceremonies, that notwith-
, ftanding the Averfion which the Portuguese teftifie againjt the Jews, they
are nevertheless no very refined Chriltians. But this is not the greater!
cyil which refulteth from the otyervation of thefe Ceremonies. For

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firft, it happens but too often that Children dye without being regenera-
ted by the Holy Sacrament of Baptifm, and are thereby deprived of Hea-
ven for ever ; and not to violate the Cuftcm of Purification , which
ought no longer to be continued after the publication of the Gofpel, the
Portuguese Women make no fcruple to contemn the commands of the
Church, which oblige all Chriftians to be prefent at Sunday > and on the
Feafts of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mafs, if they be not prevented by
lawful impediments.

They alfo asked me the Name of the Curate who had Baptized me ? in
what Diocefs ? what Town? what Parifh ? and laitly, whether 1 ever
were Confirmed ? and by what Bifhop i Having fatisfied all thefe Quefti-
ons, they commanded me to kneel down, to make the fign of the Crofs,
to repeat the Lord's Prayer, the Ave-Mary^ the Creed, the Command-
ments of God, and of the Church, and the Salve Regina \ laitly, he
finifhedasat the firft time, by exhorting me through the Bowels of the
mercy of our Lord Jefus Chrifl to confefs without delay ; which being
read in my prefence , and figned by me , I was remitted to my
Chamber.

From the firft moment that I had been in this Prifon, I had been al-
ways melancholy, and never ceafed to Ihed tears ; but at my return
from this fecond Audience, I entirely abandoned my felf to all grief, fee-
ing that they exacted of me the things which appeared impoflible to me,
fince my memory fuggefted to me nothing of that which they defired I
mould confefs. I endeavoured then to end my life by Hunger, I recei-
ved indeed the meat which they brought to me, becaufe I could not re-
fnfe it, without expofing^my felf to receive Baftinadoes from the Guards,
who take great care to obferve, when the Plates are returned to them,
whether the Prifoners have eaten enough to fuflain Nature : But my de-
fpair fuggefted to me means of eluding their diligence : I palled whole
days without eating any thing ; and that they might not perceive it, I
caft into the Bafin part of what they gave me. This courfe of diet was
the caufe that I was entirely deprived of fleep, and my whole employ-
ment conlifted in mortifyin&my Bcdy, and fnedding tears. However,
I omitted not in this time of my Affliction, to reflect upon the errours
of my pail life, and to acknowledge that it was by a jult Judgment of
God, that I had fallen into that depth of mifery and unhappinefs, I
proceeded alfo fo far as to believe that he intended perhaps to make ufe
of this mean to call me to himfelf, and convert me. Having a little for-
tified my felf by fuch meditations, I Implored with my whole heart, the
afliftance of the BkfTed Virgin, who is no lefs the confolation of the
afflicted, than the Afylum and refuge of Sinners *, and from whom I have
fo vifibly experienced protection, as well during my imprifonment, as

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upon other occafions of my life, that I could not omit to render this
publick teflimony of it.

At laft, after I had made a more exact, or a more happy examination
of all which I had faid or done, during my flay at Daman^ I called to
mind what 1 had advanced concerning the Inquifition, and its, Integrity;
I immediately defired Audience, which yet was not granted to me till
thefixteenth of March following. I doubted not, but in appearing be-
fore my Judge, to terminate all my Affair •, and that upon my Confeffion,
which 1 intended to make, they would immediately reftore me to per-
fect Liberty ; but then when I thought my hopes at the point of being
compleated, I faw my felf at once depriv'd of all thefe fweet hopes ^ be-
caufe having confefTed all which i had to fay touching the Inquifition,
they told me that this was not that which they expected of me ; and I
having nothing elfe to fay, was immediately remitted, without fo much
as their vouchiafing to write down my Confeffion.

CHAP. XX.

How Defpair induced me to attempt my Life.

I Am now come to the mofl unhappy time of my Captivity ; for how
fevere foever it had hitherto been, 1 had, at Jeaft, the comfort of
having fuffered with fome patience, and even of having endeavoured to
make a good ufe of my Sufferings j for the Faith obligeth 'us to believe
that the greateft Evils are fo many Advantages, to thofe who make
gpod ufe of them. I ought not therefore to look upon this as an unhappy
time any more than that wherein I committed faults, which I cannot
but confider as very great, and which I pretend not to juflifie, or even
to excufe, by the cruelty of thofe who required of me impoffible things,
on pain of burning, fince they carry not along with them fo great extre-
mity as may juflifie defpair , which is the greateft and worft of all
Evils.

I was once refolvcd not to fpeak of, in this place, the defpair which
feized me, nor the endeavours of deftroying my own life, to which I
was induced by it ; but it was believed it would be important to give
this account, fince it cannot be denied that the unjuft feverities of the In-
quifition give at leaft occafion to many to fall into the fame condition :
And that it concerneth the Publick to make known not only the evil of
she unjufl actions considered in themfelves, but alfo the horrible evils

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which are the too ordinary confequcnces of them. For if perfons who
have Learning and ' Education, who are inftru&ed in their duties, and
who never forfake the confiderations of Faith, fall into fuch Extremities ;
what may not be feared from fo many ignorant perfons without Educa-
tion, the greateft part of them new Converts from Paganifm, where
they have almoft all their life looked on Defpair as an Acl: of Generofity?
I confefs, that the ill fuccefs of my laft Audience, which I had believed
would be fo favourable for me, was an infupportable blow to me, and
that thenceforth accounting Liberty to be an happinefs to which I could
no longer pretend, I abandoned my felf fo far to Melancholy and De-
fpair, that I wanted but little of entirely lofing my Reafon.

I had not forgot that it is forbidden to a man to deftroy himfelf, and
I had no defign to deftroy my felf eternally, but I defired to live no lon-
ger ; and the extreme defire which I had to dye, troubled me fo far,
that I invented a mean, in the midft of my Defpair, which might effectu-
ally procure my Death, and a natural Death, fince I could not refoive to
lay violent hands upon my felf; and I imagined that God would pardon
me if I procured it flowly, and by the means of others. I feigned then
to be fick, and to have a Fever; they immediately brought to me a
Pandite, or a Gentile Phyfician, who made no icruple to be convinced
from the motion of my Blood within my Pulfe, which he took for a
true Fever, and ordered me to be let Blood, which was reiterated for
five days together ; and as my intentention in uflng this Remedy was very
different from that of my Phyfician, who laboured to recover my health,
while I thought of nothing but ending this miferable and unhappy life.
Asfoon as every one was retired, and my door was Ihut, I untied the
Fillet, and fuffered fo much blc to run out as might fill a Cup con-
taining at leaft 18 Ounces. I reiterated thefe cruel evacuations as often
as I was blooded, and withal, eating almoft no food, it is not hard to
judge that I was reduced to extreme weaknefs.

The Alcaide, who obferved fo confiderable a change in my Body,
could not fufficiently wonder at the ill condition wherein I was, which
admitted fcarce any hope of recovery. The Pandite was in the fame
aftonifhment, which obliged them to advertife the Inquilitor, who pro-
pofedto me tobeConfefled. As I did not believe my felf to be in a
condition of efcaping Death, t began to refent what I had done,and being
' unwilling to deftroy Soul and Body both together, I confented to receive
a Confelfor. They brought to me a good Religious of the Order of
St. Franm, to whom having given an entire knowledge of my proceed-
ing, I received much confolation from him : His good Advices made
me take a refolution of contributing as much as I could to the recove-
ry of my Health ; I gave him leave to inform the Inquilitor fecretly of

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all which had happened : And from that day, which was Holy Friday,.
they gave to me, with all care, all things nece/Tary' for the fpeedy re-
covery of my ftrengh, which I had loft with my Blood ; and for to
fweeten my Melancholy a little, wherewith I was overwhelmed, they
fhut up with me another Negro Prifoner, who was accufed of Magick,
and who kept me company for five months. I enjoyed, during all this
while, more command of my reafon, and was lefs melancholy ; but as
foon as they imagined me to be well recovered,they withdrew my Com-
panion, and the lcfs of this comfort made me relapfe into the fame con-
dition, to which I had been at firft reduced.

CHAP. XXI.

JVew excejfes to which my Defpair curried me,

I Became more furious than ever by the abfence of my Companion 1
I beat my Breaft and my Face with my Fill , and not contented with
that, fought means to take away my life, which I could not lole by
my former attempt. I believed well that 1 mould not fucceed in Coun-
terfeiting Sicknefs afecond time \ and even if I mould really be believed,
if they opened me a Vein, they would take all poflible precaution to hin-
der me from lofing my Blood a fecond time. This is the reafon why
being animated with my Defpair, 1 remembred that notwithstanding the
diligent fearch which had been made unon me, when I was fhut up, I had
faved fome pieces of Gold which had/ n fown in a Ribband tied about
the Calf of my Leg, in form of aGartd. I took then one of thofe pieces,
which I broke in two, and fharpned one part fo well, and fo long againft
an Earthen Pot, that I gave it a point, and made it cut on both fides.
This I made ufe of as a Launcet, with defign to open the Arteries of my
Arm. I took for this end all necelTary precautions -0 I thruft it into my
Arm as far as was poffible , but notwithflanding f-.ll my cares, I could
noteftedl what 1 intended ; and inftead of the Arteries, I opened only
the Veins that are above them.

Being refolved no longer to keep any meafure, I contented not my felf
with drawing out my Blood by degrees. I let both.my Arms bleed, till
growing faint I laid my felf down in my Blood, wherewith the Chamber
was filled. And it is certain that if God by a particular mercy had not di-
rected,that at that very time the door fhould be opened to bring me fome-
what necefTary, in a time when it was not ordinary for the Guards to
some, I had miferably loll both my Life and my Soul. I leave you

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to imagine the furprize of the Guards when they faw me in this conditi-
on. They immediaely called the Alcaide, and altogether came in.
They bound up my Arms, and ufed fuch Skill> that I foon returned out
of that fwoon, wherein fo confiderable an evacuation of Blood had re-
duced me. They firft carried this news to the Inquifitor, who ordered
they mould lead me to Audience , whether I was carried at four a
Clock.

Lying at length upon the Ground , my extreme weaknefs not per-
mitting me either to ftand or fit, the Inquifitor, after many reproaches,
commanded them to carry me away, and put Manacles upon me, to
hinder me from pulling off the bands wherewith my Arms were bound
up j this was immediately put in execution, and I had not only my hands
chained, but alfo a Coller of Iron that was joyned to the Manacles, and
was fhut with a Padlock, infomuch asr I could not any longer move my
Arms.

But this proceeding ferved only to inragemethe more ; I threw my
felf upon the ground \ I ran my Head againft the Walls and Pavement.
If they had fuffered me to continue never fo little while in this condition,
my Arms would infallibly have been unbound , and I could not have
avoided death : But as they kept a ftrict eye upon me, they perceived
very well by my actions, that feverity was not feafonable, and that it
were better to try ways of fweetnefs ; they took off my Irons therefore,,
and endeavoured to comfort me with deceitful hopes. They changed
my Chamber, and once more gave me a Companion, who had order to
anfwer for me ; neverthelefs God who had always preferved me from
fo great an unhappinefs, diflipated by his Grace, the defpair wherein I
was plunged. More happy herein than many others, who often Mur-
der themfelvesinthePrifons of the Holy Office, where thefe unhappy
perfons are debarred all forts of humane comforts. My new Companion
ftafyed with me,about two months, and as foon as they perceived me to
be more peaceable, he was taken away, although my weaknefs was then
fo great, that I could fcarce rife from my Bed to receive my Meat at the
door, which was fet not above two paces from it. At laft, after I had,
pafTed a year in this manner, by fuffering much, I even contracted a ha-
bit of fuffering \ and God, after that, gave me patience enough not to*
makeanymore attempts upon my life.

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CHAP. XXII.

My fourth Audience, in which the Promotor formtth again/l me Con-
clufions offnjjtrwg Death.

I Had been now almofi: eighteen months in the Inquifition, when my
Judges understanding that I was in a condition to anfvver, caufed me
to be brought the fourth time to Audience, where they asked me whe-
ther I were, at lafr, refolved to confefs what they had fo long expected
from me ; to which I anfwering, That I could remember nothing elfe
than what I had already confefTed ; the Promotor of the Holy Office
preientedhimfelfwith a Libel, tofignifieto me the Informations made
againfl: me.

In all my other Examinations I had been accufed, and they had con-
tented themfelves to hear my Depofition without entring into any di-
fcourfe with me ; and were immediately wont to fend me back as foon
as 1 had ended the Accufation of my felf, but in this fourth Examination
I was accufed, and time was given me to defend my felf j and they
read to me in the Informations made againfl: me, the things whereof I
had accufed my felf. The Facts were three, I had acknowledged them of
my own proper motion. There was then nothing to oppofe concerning
the Facts themfelves, but I thought it my duty to demonftrate to
my Judges, that they were not fo Criminal as they imagined ; I faid
then upon the account of what I had difputed concerning Baptifm, my
intention was not in the leaft to oppofe the Doctrin of the Church :
But that the pafTage, Vnlefs a man be born again of Water and of the Holy
Ghofl, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven (John 3.5.) appearing to
me very exprefs, I had defired the explication of it. The Grand Inqui-
fitor feemed furprized at this pafTage, which all the World knows by
heart, and I was no lefs furprized at his furprize. He asked me where
I had that PafTage ? from the Gofpel of St. John, faid 1, the third Chap-
ter, and the fifth Verfe. He caufed a new Teftament to be brought,
looked for the PafTage, but explained it not to me ; it had been, never-
thelefs, eafie to tell me that Tradition explained it fufficiently, fince
they always accounted to be Baptized, not only thofe who had fuffered
Death for our Lord Jefus Chrifr, without receiving the ordinary Cere-
monies of Baptifm, but alfo thofe who had been furprized by Death in
the defire of being Baptized, and in Repentance of their fins.

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Concerning the adoration of Images, 1 told him that \ haci advanced
nothing which 1 had not taken from the Holy council <s Trent qnd
cited to him the pafTageof the 25th Seflion, concerning the h»,0Cation of
Saints, and Holy Images. The Images of Chri/t,

of the Mother of God and of other S*i«u, are to *Jg« f^ru'ml^
be retained } and due Honour and Reverence is to be rutn retinendas , iifq; deV$
paidtothtmy jo that through their Images to which turn honorcm & veneratio-
ns fall down pro/Irate, we may adore Chrift, and nem impertiendam, ita ut per
venerate the Saints, whofe likenefs they bear. My imagines eorum quibus pro-
¥J r j i_ r • j *u* cumbnnus, Chriitum adore-

Judge feemed much more furpmed at this mus? & £anaos quorum H.

than at the foroer Gtation,and having fearch- \x fimilitudinem gerunt, ve-
ed it in the Council of Trent, he (hut the Book neremur. seff. 25.
without explaining the PafTage to me.

There is fomewhat incomprehenfible in this degree of Ignorance, in
the perfons who undertake to judge others in Matters of Faith ; and I
confefs that 1 mould have hardly believed thefe Facts my felf although
1 faw them, and very well remember them, if 1 had not learnt by the
printed Relations of Mr. Tavernier, That howreferved foever Father
Ephraim de Nevers were, upon what refpeCteth the lnquifition, which
had made him fuffer fo much, he could not forbear to fay, that nothing
had been more unfnpportable to him than the ignorance of its
Minifters.

The Promotor in reading the Information, had faid, that befides all
this which I had acknowledged, I was moreover accufed, and fuffici-
ently convicted of having fpoken with contempt of the lnquifition, and
its Minifters, and ofhaving held difrefpectfddifcourfes concerning the
Pope, and -againft his Authority } and concluded, that the obftinacy
which I had hitherto manifefted in contemning fo many delays and chari-
table admonitions, which had been given to mf, was a convincing proof
that 1 had very pernicious defigns, and that my intention was to teach and
foment Herefic, that confequently, 1 had incurred the puniihment of
greater Excommunication, that my Goods ought to be confifcated to
the Kings Exchequer, and my felf to be delivered to the Secular Power,
to be punifhed for my Crime j according to the Laws, that is, for to
be burnt.

I leave the Reader here to imagine what effect thefe cruel conclusi-
ons of rhe Promotor of the Holy Office produced in my Soul. Yet I
can alfureyou, that how terrible foever thefe words were, the death-
wherewith 1 was then threatned, appeared a> me much lefs formidable
than the.continuation of my Slavery •, fo that notwithftanding the trou-
ble and grief which feized me, upon thefe conclufions pronounced a^
gainftmevl failed not to anfwertothe new Accufations which were e-

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vcn now lfanifcd to Mle' tnat *n refPe^ °f mv Intentions, they bad ne-
ver been b?'V tnat * had always been a zealous Catholick, that all thofe
with wNm I harfconverfed in the Indies could teftifie the fame, particu-
larly rather Jmbroife, and Father Tues, both French Capuchins , who
hacfjiverfe times heard me in Confefiion: And I underftood after my
cLparture, that Father Tues was actually at Goa at the fame time when
I alledged him as a Wunefs of my innocence ; that I had gone fixteen
Leagues to fatisfie the duties oiEafler ; that if I had nourished any He-
refie in my Heart, it had been very eafie for me to propagate it in thofe
Parts of the Indies, where any one may live and fpeak with perfect free-
dom, and that I would not then have chofen my Habitation in the Do-
minions of the King of Portugal ; that I was fo far from Dogmatically
oppofing Religion, that I had on the contrary entred divers times into
difpute with the Hereticks for to defend it ; that indeed I remembred
my felf to have fpoken with too much Liberty of that Tribunal, before
which I then pleaded, and of the Perfon^ which pofTefTed it ; but that
I was furprized they mould make that a Crime, which had been treated as
a trifle, when I would have confefTed it almoft a year and a half fince ;
that for what concerned the Pope, I remembred not to have fpoken of
him in that manner which my Accufations infinuated , that neverthelefs
if they would tell me the particulars of it, I would iincerely confefs the
truth.

The Inquifitor taking me up, told me, that time mould be given me,
to confider of what refpected the Pope, but that he could not fufficient-
ly admire my Impudence, in that I pretended to have confefTed what
related to the Inquifition, when it was molt certain that 1 had not o-
pened my mouth about it, and that if I had made any Confefiion upon
this Article, in that time when I pretended to have made it, I had not
continued fo long time in Prifon. I remembred fo perfectly what had been
faid, and what had been anfwered to me, and I was moreover fo tran-
fported with anger to fee my felf fo al ufed, that if they had not im-
mediately commanded me to be taken away, as foon as I had figned my
Depofirion, I Ihould not perhaps have contained my felf from reproach-
ing my Judge ; and if I had enjoyed as much force and liberty as my
Pafficn gave me Courage, it may be hefhouJd not have efcaped wich re-
proachful words.

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CHAP. XXIIL

They carry me yet fever al times to Audience : Diver fe Obfervati-
ons upon the Proceedings of the Inquifition.

I Was yet called to Audience three or four times in lefsthana Month,
and they urged me to confcfs that whereof I had been accufed con-
cerning the Pope. They alfo hgrnfied to me a new proof, which the
Promoter pretended he had drawn againft me upon that fubjedr, but
which contained nothing different from what he bad already urged
againft me \ but what clearly demonftrates this Accufation to have been
only a falfity invented on pnrpoie to make mc content's that they would
not tell me the particulars of what they pretended I had (poken ; but
atlaft perceiving it impollible todraw any thing of that nature from me,
they ceale to mention itto me ; and that this Article was noc infer ted in
my- Ptocefs, when it was publickly read in the AH of Faith. They en-
deavoured alfo in their laft Audience to make me acknowledge that in
the Facts whereof 1 had been accufed, my intention was to defend He-
refie • but to this I would tfevercondefcend, there being nothing more
contrary to truth.

During the Months of November and December «, I heard every morn-
ing the criesof thofe who were put upon the Rack 5 which is {o cruel a
torture that I fa w diver fe perfons both of the one and the other Sex,
who were difrotted and maimed by it, and among others the firit Com-
panion they had affiled tome in thePrifon. In this Holy Tribunal
no refpettis made ot Quality, Age, or Sex, ^and all are indifferently fub-
mitred to the torture, when the Intereft of the - Inquifition fo requi-
red! it.

1 remembred to have heard it faid, before I entred into the Pnfons
of the Ho)y Office, that the Auto dafe, or Att of faith was ordinarily
performed thefirft Sunday in Advent^ becaufe on that day is read in the
Church that part of the Gofpel, wherein mention is made of the lad
Judement, and that the Inquifitors pretend, by this Ceremonv.to make
a Lively and Natural representation of it. I was moreover peifwaded
that there were then a £reat number of Prifoners in the Inruiiinon;
The profound fi'ence which is every where observed in this Hotife,
had given me opportunity to count very near how many Doors were
opened at the hours of repair, I had alro obtained a pretty certain
knowledgethat there was arrived an Arch-Bifliop at Go /, in theMor h
of Oftober, after that See had been vacant ne«r 30 years 5 becaufe they

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had extraordinarily 4*ang the Bells at the Cathedral for nine daies toge-
ther, which neither the u nveifal Church, nor that of Go* in particular
Celebrates aay remarkable Feftival y and becaufe I knew this Prelate
Was expe&ed even before my Imprilbnment. All thefe Realons made
me hope that I ftiould be let. at liberty in the beginning of December^
bat when I law the fir It and iecond £#"<%* of Advent palled, I doubted
not but that either my Liberty or my Puniihment were at leaft defer-
red for another inure year.

C H A R XXIV.

How I perceived that the, Auto dafe was to be per formed on tfa
morrow^ and what Habits were given to m to appear J* this Ce-
remony,

! A S I perfwaded my felf that the Auto dafe was never performed but
Jt\. in the month of December^ when 1 faw the whole month fpent
without obferving any preparation to that terrible Ceremony, I deter-
mined to fuffer yet one year longer j nevcrthelefs when I expected it
leaft, I found my felf to be in the eve of my inlargementfrom that long
Captivity, wherein I languished two years.

lobierved that on Saturday the nth of January, 1676+ ^eing about
to give my Linncn after Dinner to the Officers to be wafhed, after the
ufual Cuftom, they would not receive it, buc-*put me efl till the next
day j I failed not to make a great many reflections uponthecaufe of this
extraordinary refufal; and not finding any which iatisfied me, Iconclu-
cd that the Ait of Faith was probably ro be performed the next day ;
but I confirmed my (elf much more in my Opinion, or rather 1 helciit
for mod certain, when after 1 had heard it ring to Vefpers at the Cathe-
dral,^ immediately rung to Mattinsi which was never before done while
I was Prifone^ except upon the eve of Corpus Chrifti day, which is cele-
brated in the Indies upon the Tbur/day, which immediately follows qua ft
■modo Sunday^ becaufe, of the continual Rains which fall there at that
time when it is celebrated in Europe.

They brought me rav Supper, which 1 rcfufed, and which contrary
to their ordinary osftom, they prehed me not very much to receive. As
foon as the doors were ihut upon me, 1 entirely abandoned my felf to
- trofc melancholia thoughts which polled me 5 and at laff, after many
tears and fig hs,> overwhelmed with forrou and imaginations of death 31 .
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\ bad not been longafleep, when my fleep was interrupted on the
fudden by the noife which the Guards made in opening my door. 1 was
furptized to fee perfons enter into my Cell with Light, being not before
accuitomed to it, and the time of the night contributed to redoublcmy
apprehenfion. The Alcaide gave ..me an habit, which heordrcd mc to
put on, and to be ready to go out when he fhould come to call me, and
fo withdrew, leaving in my Chamber a Lamp burning.

I had not upon this occasion either llrength to rile, or to make any
anfwer to him; and from the inftant that thefe men quitted me, I was
leized with an univerfal and io violent a trembling, that for more than
an hour it was not poffible for mefo much as to look upon the habit
which they had brought me. At laft I arofc, and prollrating my fel-
upon the ground before a Crofs which I painted upon the Wall, 1 recom-
mended my ielf to God, and abandoned my fortune to his protection.
Then 1 put on the habit, which confided of a Veftwhofe fleevescame
down to the wrift, and a pair of Drawers which reached to the very
heels; the whole made of black fluff, ltriped with white.

CHAR XXV.

Of the "Preparations to the A& of Faith, and the diver fe Ornaments
which are diftrihuted to the Criminals, according to the diverjitf
vf their Crimes.

IHad not long time to wait after 1 had taken the habit which was left
for me. Thefe Gentlemen, who had come the firft time a little be-
fore Midnight, returned at two of the Clock in the morning into my
Chamber , out of which they led me into a long Gallery, where 1 found
a good number of my Companions in Mifery, ranged round about a-
gainft the Wall; 1 put my felf into my place, and there came yet di-
vers aiter me.

Although there were near 200 Men in this Gallery, as all ob.ferved a
moil profound filence, that in this great number there- were not above
izEurapeam, who could hardly be di&'ng^'ftied among the others,and
that all were as my felf, cloathed with black fluff ' One miuhr have ea-
fily taken all thefe Perfons for fo many Statutes let againft the Wall, if
the motion of their eyes, the ufe of which alone was permitted to them,
bad not teftified them, to be living Creatures The place wherein we
were thus ailembled wascnl-ighmed only by a little number of Lamp^
whofe light wasfoobfeure, that this joyned to fornany black., melan-
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choly, and affiled objects, feem'd to be no other than a preparation forv
the Celebration oi fome Funeral.

The Women who were Verted with the fame ftufl with us, were in
the next Gallery, where we could not fee them ; but I obferved that m
a Oormitorya little remote froiia our?, there were alfo other Prifoners,-
and p;:rlon^Vcilcd in Black, and fome in a long habit, who walked up.
and down. I knew not then what this meant, bat I learned ahei a:
tew hours, that thofe who were to be burned >'ere .there, and that the.
perfenswho walked about were their ConfefTors.

As I knew not then the formalities of the Holy Office, whatfoever de-*
{Ire 1 had in time pall to oiev I then teaied to be ot the number of thofe
who were deitmed to the Flames j yet I recovered courage in a little
time, when I confidered that I had nothing in my, habit which diftin-
guifhed me from others* and that there was no likelihood that fo great-
a number of perfons, who were apparelled like my (elf, fliould'be put to
death together,.

After we were all ranged againfhhe Walls of this Gallery, they gave
to-every one of us a Taper of yellow Wax : They then brought to us
■other Habits to put over the former, made like Declmaticks, or great
Scapularics; they wereof yellow ftnflv with St* Andretf&Ctoifcs painted
on them in red, before and behind. They are wont to give thefe fort
of marks to thofe who have. committed, or who are efteemed to/havq
committed Crimes againft the Faith of JefusChrift, whether they be
Jews, Mahometans, Sorcerers, or Hereticks, who were before -Ca'tho-
licks > they call thefe Grand Scapularies with thefe CrofTes of St. Andrew
Sambenito's. Thofe who are accounted Convicted, and who per/if! to,
deny the Facts wherecf t!iev are accufed, or whoare reJapicd, bear ano-
ther kind of Scapulai y,. called Sdmarra^ whofe ground is grey ; the Pi-
cture of the Prifoner is reprefented to the life upon i^ born before and
behind, placed upon burning Torches, wirh Flames riling up, and De-
vils round about ..; their .Names and their Crimes a»-e written at the bot-
tom of the Picture, but thofe who accufe themfelves afer Sentence is
pronounced upon them, and before they are carried outof their Cham-
ber, being no relapied perfo^, bear upon their Samarra*s flames Inver-
ted* which they call fogo J&xfa'itfl that is, fire inverted.

Sambemto's were.ditlributeclto twenty of theBfacks who wercacaifed
of Magfck, and -to. one Portugneze^ attainted of the fame Crime, who
Hioreoverwas a New Chriftiarh

Asthey would Revenge themfelves npon me by halfs, and that they
were refolded to infult over me to the end, they forced me to put on a
like Habit to that of the Sorcerers-and Hereticks, altho I had alwaies
ymadS/Profeffoa of the Catholickj Apoftolkkj and Roman Faith, that

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which my Judges might eafily have known from an m&nke number ol
Performs, as well Strangers, -as of mine own Nation, with whom I had
lived in divers parts ot thcjndits.

Mf fears redoubled when I law my felf thus habited, becaufck feem-*
ed to me that thefe being among fo great a number cf Prifoners}nomorc
than 22 perforis to whom thefe fhameful SjimBemi&'s were given, it
rpighc very well happen that thefe. ihould bciheperions to whom no
mercy was to be extended.

Alter this distribution five Bonnets of Paper were brought in, rifirtg
up in a point like a Sugar Loat, all covered with Devils and flames of'
fire? with a writing round about exprefling this word, Fciticero, that is,
Sorcerer, they call thefe Bonnets Carocha*', they fee them upon the heads -
of lo many perfons the molt guilty of all the reft among thofeas were '
acculed of Magick, and as thole perfons itood very near me, I then be-
fteved they would not fail to prefen: one to me alfo, which yet did not-
happen. I did then make no doubt almoft but thefe miferable men were
thole perfons deligned to be burnt? and as thcmfelves were no better m-
ftrucled at that time in the formalities of the Holy Ofiic?, 1 was allured'
by them afterwards, that at that moment they believed their dcfrrutli-
on to be Inevitable.

Every onebeing thus adorned according to the quality of his Crimes^,
we were permitted to fit down onthegrcund in expecting new Orders *
at four of the Clock in the morning the Servants of the Houfecame fol-
lowing the Guards, for to difrribute Bread and Figs to thole who would
accept them-, butaltho I had not fuppd the night before, I found in
my felf fo fmall an appetite for eating, that I had taken nothing, if one
of the Guards coming near me had not faid, cfak£ your Bread, and if
y&u cannot eat it now, put it into your Pocket , for you will be certainly hun-
gry beforeyou return. The words of this man brought great comfort t0
me, and dilGpated all my fears, by the hopes which he gave of my
return, wh'ch obliged me to follow his advice.

At laft after he had waited a long while, the day appeared at five a
Clock ; and I might then obferve upon the faces of every one prefent, the
diverfe motions of fhame, of grief, and of fear, wherewith they were
then tormented ' For altho they felt no fmall joy in feeing themfelves up-
on the point of being delivered from fo cruel and infupportable a Capti*
yity, yet this joy was very much diminifhed, by the fear wherein every
one was of what would become of hinsfelt

H CHAR

C H A P. XXVI.

lySow we went inJPreceJpo* to go to the A& of Faith; The Order

. of this Cerewonj.

TH E great Cell of the Cathedral Church was rung a little before the
riling ot die Sun, which was as the Signat to advertize the people
■ to run together to Tee the Auguft Ceremony of the Auto dafer or Ait of
i faith s and firit, they made us go out one by one. I obferved in paf-
fingfrom the Gallery into the great Hall, that the Inquifitor Tat at the
door, having a Secretary by him $ that the Hall was filled with In ha-
bitants of Gocty whofe names were written in a Lift, which he held in
his hanus; and that at the fame time any Prifoncr was brought forth,
they called one of thefe Gentlemen who were in the Hall, who imme-
diately came up to the Criminal for ro accompany him, and ferve him
as a Godfather in the Aft of1 Faith.

Thefe Godfathers receive the perfoos in charge whom they accom-
pany, are obliged to an (wer for them, and to produce them when the
FeftiVal is ended; and' Mefienrs the Joquifirors, pretend to do them great
honour when they choofe them for this Office. I had for Godfather the
-General of the Portugxeze Ships in the ladies; I went out of the Hall
with him, and as foon as I was in the Street, I law that the Procelfion
began by the Order of the Dominicans, who have this noble priviledge,
becaufe St. ^"Dsminick, their Founder, was alfo of the Inquifkion. They
were preceeded by theBannerof the Holy Office,whereiu the Image of
the Founder is reprefented in very rich Embroidery, holds a Sword in
one hand, and in the other a branch of OHve,with thislnicription, Ju&i-
Xia. & Mifericordia. Thefe Monks are followed by the Prifoners, who
march on after the other, having every one his Godfather at his fide,
.and a Taper in his hand. Thofe who are lefs gu tty go firft; and as I
paiTed^not for one of the more innocent, there were more than a hun-
dred preceeded me. I had as all the reft, my head and feet naked,
and I was very rrnich troubled during all this March, which continued
for an hour almoff, becaufe of the little flint (tones wherewith the ftreets
©f <3oa are fcattered, which made my fret bleed abundantly. They
made us walk through all the greater ftreets, and we were gazed on by
an innumerable croud of People, who had run together from all parts
of the Indies, and who lined all the ftreets through which we were to
pafs-, for they took care to give notice to the.Parifh Priefts in the
Paiifhes of more remote places, a long time before the AH of Faith was

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performed. At laft,covered with frame and confufion,a:nd very weary of"
the march, we arrived at the Church of St, Francis, which for this
time wasdeftined and prepared for the Alt of Faith. The great Altar
was fpread with black ; and there were upon it fix Silver Candleftick?,
with fo many Tapers of white Wax burning. There were raifed on the
fides of the Altar twokind of Thrones, the one on the right hand foT
Mon/ieur the Incjurfitor and his Councellors, the other on the left for the
Viceroy and his Court.

At fome diftance, and over againft the great Altar,inclining a little tc^ '
wards the door, was placed another, whereon were laid two Miflals <
open. From thence to the door of the Church was made a Gallery a.-
bout three foot broadj with a Baliller on each fide, and both on one
fide, and the other were placed Benches for the Criminals and their
Godfathers to fit on, who accordingly feared themfelves in order asthey
entred into the Church, infomuch as thofe who came in tuft, fat very
near the Altar.

Asfoonas I was entered aad placed in my Rank, I applied my felf
to confider the orderT which they made thofe obfervc who came after
me. i faw that thofe, to whom thofe horrible Carochas of which I
fpake, were given, marched laft in our whole Troop ; that immediate-
ly after them a great Crucifix was carried, whofe Face refpe&ed thofe
who marched before -7 and which was followed by two living Peribns,
and four Statues of the height of a Man, rcprefen ted very naturally,,
fixed every one to the find of a long Pole, and accompanied with io ma-
ny little (Cherts, born each by a Man, and filled with the bones of thoi«
whom thefeStatues reprefented. The Face of the Crucifix turned toward
thofe who went before it, fignifiem the mercy which is ufed in refpe&of
them, in delivering them from dearh, altho they had juftly deferved it s
and the fame Crucifix turning the back upon. them that followed ir, fig-
nifieth that thofe unfortunate Per fons have no more favour to hope for, -
For fo it is thai all is myfierious in the Holy Office.

The Habits wherewith thefe mifcrable Perlons were veiled, were no
leis capable of ftriking horror and pity into the "Beholders ; as well the
living Perfons as Statues bore a Samarta of Grey Stuff, all painted over
with Devils, Flames, and burning Fire brands, upon which the Head
of the Prifoner was reprefenred to the Life before and behind, with his
Semance written below, bearing an Abridgment, an in great Chara.
elm his Name, that of his Coiintrv, and t e Crime for which he was
condemned. Befi ie, this terrible Habit they had alfoupon their Heads
tho'.e dreadful Carochas covered, as their Vefrments, with Flames -
and Devils. The little Coffers, wherein weie inclofed the Bones of
thofe who were dead, and againlt whom Procefs had been raade,either

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before or aftct their deceafe, during or before their Imprisonment, that
lb occafion might be given to the Confiscation ot their Gocds4 weie
painted with black, and covered alfo with Devils and Flames. <

It miift be here obferved, that the Inquifition terminates not its Jurif-
di&hn upon living Perfons, or upon thole who died in her Pnfonj but
chat ilic Iqitieiimes "formetlia Procefs agiinft Perfons, who died many
yens before they were accufed, then wnen after their deceaic they are
chaY'ged with any great Crime, that in this cafe, if they be convinced,
tbey. are digged up, their Bones are bivned at the Aft of faitb^ and all
their Goods are Confifcated, whereof thole are carefully delpoiled
who have mhci'ted them : And I advance nothing which I have not
feen pra&ifed 5 lince among the Statues, which were feen when I came
out of the Inquifition, there was one which reprefented a Man dead
a long time before, whofe Procefs they had foimed, whofe Btrdy they
had digged up, and whofe Goods were Confifcared, and his Bones
burnt, or k may be thole of fome other who had been buried in the
fame place.

C H A P. XXVII.

Containing what was obferved in the place wherein the A& of Faith
was Celebrated.

THefe unhappy Perfons being entred into that dreadful Equipage,
which 1 have already defcribed, and being featcd intheir places,
which were appointed for them near the door of the Church, the In-
■ qui fit >r tollowed with his Officers, entered and went to place himfelf
Li-pen the Tribunal which was erected for him upon the right fide of the
Altar, while the Viceroy and his Court feated themfelvesupon the left.
The Crucifix was placed upon the Altar between the fix Candlefh'cks.
Every one being thus ietled in his Pott, and the Church filled with as
many People as it could contain, the Provincial of the Augaftiniansii-
tended the Pulpit, and Preached for half an hour. Notwithstanding
the anxiety of mind wherein I then was, I failed not to obferve the com-
panion which he then made of the Inquifition, with the Ark of Noah3
between which vet he found this difference, that the Animals v hich en-
tered into the Ark, went out again after the Deluge, inverted with the
fame Nature which they had when they entered in: But that the Inqui-
sitor had the admirable property to charge in fuch fort thofe who are
fhut up in it,that in coming out we fee thofe. to be as Lambs, who when

they

they entred in, had the cruelty of Wolves, and the fiercenefs of Lions.
The Sermon being finifhed, two Readers went up one after anotherinto
the fame Pulpit, to read there publickly the Procefs of all the Criminals,
and to (ignitie to them the punifhments to which they were condemned.
He whofe Procefs was read, was during that time led by the Alcaide
into the middle of the Gallery, where he ftood upright, holding a Taper
lighted in his hand, till his Sentence was pronounced. And as it was
fuppofed that aH the Criminals had incurred the pumfhment of greater
Excommunication, they led us to the foot of the Altar whereon laid the
Miflals ; where being placed on our knees, they made us lay our hands
upon oneof thefe Books, and remain in that pofture, till there was as
many perfons as MiiTals. Then the Reader difcontinued reading of the
Procefs, to pronounce with a loud voice a Confeffion of Faith, after he
had briefly exhorted the Criminals to repeat it with heart and mouth at
the fame time with him; which being done, every one returned to his
place, and the reading of the Procefs was began anew.

I was called in my order, and underftood that all my affair ran upon
thefe three heads. The firft, for having maintained the invalidity of the
Baptifm, called Flawinis. The fecond, for having laid that Images ought
not to be adored, and having blafphemed againft the Image of the Cruci-
fix, in faying of a Crucifix of Ivory, that it was a piece of Ivory. And
laftly, for having fpoken contemptuoufly of the lnquifition, and its Mi-
nifters ; but above all, for the ill intention which 1 had in fpeaking all
thefe things. For which Crimes 1 was declared Excommunicate ; and
for reparation thereof my Goods were confifcated to the Kings account
and my felf oanifhed from the Indies, and condemned to ferve in the
Galleys of Portugal five years ; and moreover, to perform other Penan-
ces which flioukl be erijoyned to me in particular by the Inquifitors.

Of all thefe .punifhments, the moft infupportable to me, was to fee
my felf in an indifpenfable neceflity of quitting the Indies, where I had
refolved to Travel a yet much longer time. This fbrrow, neverthelefs
was not ib great, but that it was much allayed by the hope of feeing
my felf fhortly out of the hands of the Holy Office. My Confeffion of
Faith being made, I returned to my place, and received advantage from
the advice which my Guard had given me of not refufing my Bread for
the Ceremony continuing all the day, there was no perfor. who did' not
that day Dine in the Church.-

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CHAP. XXVIIl/

They Abfolve us from Excommunication, and deliver thofe to the
Secular Power ivho were to he turned: What was obferved upon
this Occafion.

AFtcr they had ended to read the Procefs of all thofe to whom they
extended their Mercy in faving their lives; the Inquifitor left his
feat to put on \\\salbe and fiole ; and being accompanied with about 20
Priefts, who had every one a Wand in his Hand, he came into the mid-
dle of the Church, where after he had made diverfe Prayers, we were
Abfolved from the Excommunication, which they pretended we had In-
curred, by means of a blow which the Prieft gave to, every one of us
upon his Habit. I cannot forbear to relate here a thing, which will fliew
to what degree the Portuguese Superftition proceeds in all things which
have any relation to the Inquifition ; which is, that during the Proceffi-
on, and the whole time of our ftay in the Church, he who ferved me as
a Godfather would never anfwer to me, although I had fpoken to him
diverfe times, and that he even refufed to give a little Powder of To-
bacco which I had defired of him ; fo much did he fear to be involved
in theCenfure wherewith hefuppofed me bound. But as foon as I was
Abfolved, he embraced me, gave me Tobacco, and told me that he
then acknowledged me for his Brother, fince the Church had Abfblved me.
This Ceremony being ended, and the Inquifitor returned to his place,
they brought out one after the other thofe unhappy Victims who were
to be Sacrificed by the Holy Inquifition. There* were a man, a Wo-
man, and the reprefentation of four dead men, with the little Chefts
wherein their Bones were inclofed. The Man and Woman were Indian
Blacks and Chriftians, accufed of Magick, and condemned as relapfed.
Of the four Statues, two reprefented alfo two men, held for convicted of
Magick, and the two others two men who had been New Chriftians,
and were accufed to have Judaized; of which the one had died in Pri-
fon, the other in his own Houfe, and had been buried long fince in his
Parifh ; but being accufed of Judaifm after his Death, as he had left ve-
ry considerable Riches, they took care to pluck him out of his Grave,
and take away his Bones to burn them at the AB of Faith, after they had
formed a Frocefs again him. We may fee hereby, that the Holy Office
is not contented to attribute to it felf the Infallibility of Jefus Chrift, but
that they would alfo, as well as he, fcxercife their authority upon the
Living, and the Dead.

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The feveral Proceflfes of thefe unfortunate Perfons were read, which
were all ended with thefe words, That the Inquifiti on could not fhew
any mercy to them becaufe of their relapfe and their impenitence, and
that rinding themfelves indifpenfably obliged to punifh them according to
the rigour of the Laws, they delivered them to the Secular Arm and
Juftice, whom they earneftly defired to ufe Clemency and Mercy to-
wards thefe miferable wretches ; and that if they would impofeupon
them the punifhment of Death, it might be at leaft without effufion of
blood. At the laft words of the Inpuifitors, a Serjeant of the Secular
Juftice approached, and took poflefTion of thofe infortunate perfons ; af-
ter they had receiveda light blow upon the breaft from the hand of the
Alcaide of the Holy Office, in token that they were abandoned by him.-
See the great kindnefs of the Inquisition to interceed thus for guilty per-
fons / The extreme condefcendance of the Magiftrates, to choofe rather
in complaifance to the Inquifition, to content himfelf to burn thefe
Criminals to the very marrow of their Bones, than to ufe the power
which he hath of fhedding their blood.

Thus was ended, in refpect of us, the famous Ceremony of the Auto
Jafe, or AB of 'Faith ; and while thefe miferable wretches were led along
the bank of the River, where the Viceroy and his Court were aflembled,
and where the Piles, upon which they were to be Sacrificed, were pre-
pared the day before, we were led back to the Inquifition by our God-
fathers, without observing any order. Although I was not prefent at
the Execution of thefe perfons thus abandoned by the Holy Office, never-
thelefs as I was fully inftructed by perfons who have ofttimes feen the
like Executions, I will here relate, in few words, the Ceremony which
was there obferved.

As foon as the condemned perfons are arrived at the place where the
Secular Judges are aflembled, they ask them in what Religion they wiH
dye, without informing themfelves, in the leaft, of their Procelles, which
they fuppofe to have been perfectly well managed, and the perfons moll
juftly condemned ; fince no doubt is to be made of the Infallibility of the
Inquifition: As foon as they have anfwercd to this one Queftion, the
Executioner feizeth them, and tieththemto Pofts upon the Pile, where
they are firft ftrangled if they dye Chriftians, and burnt alive if they per-
fift in Judaifm or Herefie ; which happens fo feldom, that fcarce one ex-
ample is to be Ceen in four Acls of Faith, although there are very few in
which are not burned a good number of Perfons.

The day after the execution, the Images of thofe who are put to death
are brought into the Churches of the Dominicans ; their Head only \i
prefented to the Life, placed upon- kindled Fire-brands; at the bottom
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their Crimes for which they were condemned, with the. years, the
month, and the day of the Execution.

If the Perfon who was to be burnt had twice relapfed into the fame
Grime, they put thefe words at the bottom of the Portrait ; Morreo qui-
fnodo por herefe relapfo, which fignilieth that he was burned for a relapfed
Heretick. If having been accufed but once, he perfevereth in his er-
ror, they put Porf herefe contumas, for an obftiaate Heretick ; but as
this cafe is very rare, fo there are very few of thefe Portraits. Laftly,
if having been thus* accufed but once by a fufficient number of VVitneifes,
he perfiiteth to profefs himfelf innocent, and at the fame time profelfeth
Chriltianity to the very death ; they put at the bottom of the Table Mor-
reo queimado per bcrefe convitto negativo, which is to (ay, That he was burnt
as a convi&ed Heretick, but who confelfe4 not. And of this laft kind a
great number of Portrait may be feen. We may hold it for certain that
of an hundred Negatives, there are at leaft 99 who are not only inno-
cent of the Crimes which they deny, but who have befide that innocence,
the merit of chufing rather to die, than to tell a lye in confefTmg them-
felves guilty of a Crime, of which they are really innocent. For it is not
poffible that a manaflfured to fave his Life, if he confeffeth, would perfift
to deny, and chufe rather to be burnt than acknowledge a truth, the
confeffion of which will fave his Life. Thefe terrible reprefentations are
placed in the Nave of the Church, and over the higheft door of/the
Church, as fo many illuftrious Trophies confecrated to the Glory of the
Holy Office \ and when this part of the Church is all over hung, they
place them in the Tide Ifles near the door. Thofe who have been at
Lisbon, and- have feen the great Church of the Dominicans, which is not
far from the Holy Houfe of the lnqui/ition, may have obferved many hun^
dreds of thefe fad Pi&ures.

CHAP. XXIX.

My enlargement from the Inquifition. They hring us into a Houfe in
the Town, to caufe us to he there fome time inftruEled.

I Was fo weary and fo fore at my return from- the AB of Faith, that I
had almoft no lefs defire to re-enter into my Lodging to reft my
felf, than I had (brae days before to go out of it. My Godfather ac-
companied me into the Hall ; and the Alcaide having conducted me into
the Gallery, I went andfhutup my felf, while they brought in the reft.
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clfe but Breadand Figs, the trouble of the day having hindred them from"
preparing any thing in the Kitchen. I flept much better this night than I
had done of a long time, but when the day appeared, 1 expected impati-
ently what they would do with me ; when the Alcaide came at fix a
clock to demand the Habit which I had wore at the Proceflion, of me,
1 would have given him the Samnelito, but he would not receive it, be-
caule I was to be vefted with it on all Feftivals and Sundays, till I had
intirely performed my Sentence. At {even a clock they brought my
Breakfaft, and a little after I was warned to pack up all my Goods, ancf
be ready to go when called. I obeyed this order with all poffible di-
ligence ; and at nine a clock a guard having opened my door, I laid my
bundle upon my»' Shoulders, and followed them into the great Hall,
where the greateft part of the Prifoners were already. After I had
been there fbme time, I faw about twenty enter, who had been the;
day before condemned to be whipped, and who then received it from
the hand of the Hangman through all the Streets of the Town. Being
thus all affembled, the Inquifitor appeared, before whom we fell upon
our knees to receive his bleffing, after we had killed the ground near hrs -
Feet. Then they commanded the Blacks, who had little or no Luggage,
to take up and carry that of the Whites. Thofe among the Prifoners.
who were not Chriftians, were fent immediately to the places appoint-
ed by their Sentence, Tome into Banifhment, others to the Galleys, or
into thehoufe where they make Powder, called Cafa da pofoera ; and
thofewho were Chriftians, as well Whites as Blacks, were led into a
Houfe which was hired on purpofe in the Town-, to be there inftructed
for fome time.

The Halls and the Galleries of the Lodgings were appointed for the.
Blacks to lye in, and we Whites were put into a feparate Chamber,,
where they mut us up at night, leaving us in the day time the liberty,
of walking about the Houfe, and fpeaking with thofc who were there,
or who came from other places to fee us. Every day two Catechiiings
were held, one for the Blacks, and the other for the VVhites. Mafs was
celebrated every day, at which we were all prefent, as well at morning
as at evening,

While I ftayed in this Houfe I was vifitedby a Dominican Frier, one of
my Friends, whom 1 had known at Daman; where he had been.Prior
of his Order. This good Father, loaded with difeafes and years, no ,
fooner knew that I was enlarged, but. he put himfelf into a Pelanquin to
come and fee me ; he wept at my difafter, and embraced me tenderly t.
alluring me he had been in great fears for my fake, that he had often in-
quired concerning my health and my affairs, of Father Procurator of
the Prifoners, who was his friend, and of the fame Order with himfelf ;

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that neverthelefs for a long while he could obtain no anfwer from hira ;
and that atlaft, after many follicitations, he could draw no more from
him than this, That I was ftill alive. 1 received great comfort from the
light of this good Monk, and the neceflity which was impofed on me of
quitting the Indies, created equal forrow to us both ; he had farther the
goodnefs to vifit me feveral times, invited me to return to the Indies as
ibon as I fhould be at liberty, and fent me diverfe Provifions for the
Voyage I was to make, which the condition and nceflity wherein 1 then
was, permitted me not to hope for from other hands.

C HAP. XXX,

ihey bring me again to the InquifitioH, to receive the Penances which
were impofed on me.

AFter we had flayed in this Houfe till the 2 3 of January, we were
conduced once more into the Hall of the Inquifition, and from
thence called every one in his turn to the Table of the Holy Office, to
receive there from the hands of the Inquifitor, a Paper containing the
Penances to which it had pleafed him to condemn us : I went in my or-
der, and was made to kneel down, after I had before laid my hands on
the Gofpel, and promifed in this pofture, to keep inviolable fecrecy of
all things which had happened, and which I had feen and obferved du-
ring my imprifbnment.

I received after that, from the hand of my Judge, a Writing figned
by himfelf, containing the things which were to be performed by me;
and as this Memoireis not very long, I thought it convenient to put it
here word for word in French, as it was in Portuguese.

A Lift of the Penances which A7. N. ought to perform.

I. For the Three next years he foall confefs himfelf ] and communicate ; the
■fir ft year every month, and the two following yea rs on the Feafts of Eafter,
Whitfunday, and the Affumption of our Lady.

II. He fliall hear Mafs and Sermon upon Sundays and Holidays, if he hath
convenience.

III. He foall repeat during the f aid three years, five times every day the Pater
Nofter and Ave Maria, in honour of the five wounds of our Lord jefusChrift.

IV. He jhall never enter into friend(lnp, nor have any particular commerce
with Her eticks, or per fens, whefe Faith is fufpeffed, who may prejudice his Sal-
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. V. Anji taftly, Hefoallkeep exactly the fecret &f all which he hath feen,
heard, or fa}d, or" which hath been atled concerning him, either at the Table t
or at any places of the Holy Office. Signed

Francifco Delgado ematos.

Having received this Writing I kiflfed the ground, and returned into
the Hall, to wait there till the like Writing Ihould be given to all the
reft: In going out they feparated us, and I know not what became o f
the greateft part of our company, or whither they were Tent. We re-
mained together not above twelve, who were led into the al Jowvar,
which is that Prifon of the Office, wherein 1 was put the firft day that 1
came to Goa, before I entred into the Inquifition. 1 ftay'd there till the
29 th, when an Officer of the Holy Office clapping Irons upon my feet,
carried me into a Ship which was in the Road, ready to fet fail for
Tcrtugal. ,

CHAP. XXXI.

Containing fome Qhfervations upon all that hath he en hitherto faid.

BEfore I continue the account of my adventures, I believe it will not
be unreafonable to make fbme reflexions upon all which hath been-
faid. I will begin then by the confideration of the principal Acts of In-
juftice committed in thelnquiiition ; of which the firft is the Treafon of
the CommifTary of Daman ; who, after I had confeffed to him what L
had^aid, and wljat relateth to the Holy Office, gave me fo infincere ad-
vice, that he ceafed not to arreft me to fatisfie the pailion of the Go-
vernour, although the -Inquifition is not wont to apprehend thofe who
voluntarily accufe themselves, before they are put in Prifon, I am not
ignorant of what this Father (aid to defend himfelf from this imputati-
on, that I had not accufed my felf in due form ; but any one may eafily
perceive that this is anew trick, for he ought to have taught me the form :
I was young, and a ftranger, and fhould immediately have fatisried him,
but it was neceiTary for him to make ufe of this miferable pretext to fa-
tisfie the Governour.

Thefecond thing of which I think my felf'to have reafonto complain,
in refpeft of the fame Commiirary, is, That he malicioufly kept, me at.
Daman till the month of January ; inftead of which, if he had fent me
to Goa, immediately after my imprifonment, my cafe might have been ;
examined and ended before the end of November ; and 1 mould have

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been enlarged at the ASt of Faith, which was performed that very year,
m the beginning of December ; whereas not fending me to Goa, till the
Act of Faith was ended, I was forced to ftay in chePrifons of the Holy
Office two years longer than I mould have done ; becaufe fcarce any
enlargement of the Prifoners is ever made, but at that terrible Ceremo-
ny, called the Abl of Faith ; and as that is performed but from two to
two, or from three to three years, it is a double unhappinefs for thofe
that are (hut up in thefe Holy Prifons, to be carried thither immediately
after this Goal- delivery, becaufe they are obliged to wait there till there
be a fufficient number of Perfons to render the Ail of Faith more il-
luftrious.

The refufal which the Inquifito'r made at my third Audience to re-
ceive my confefiion, touching what I had (aid concerning the Inquifiti-
on ; and his injuftice, in daring to maintain that I had not confefled this
Fact, which he made my Crime fo long time after, was one of thofe
things which moft afflicted me, during my imprifonment, and is none of
the leaft grievances which I have to complain of againft thefe Meffieurs.

I might alfo juftly complain of this, that the Iuquifitiori defiring to
lay a new fnare for me, when 1 accufed my felf of what I had faid con-
cerning the Holy Office, and what had happened a long time before
to Father Ephraim Nevers ; asked me if I would defend the errors of
that Monk ; but although I knew very well that the innocence of this
Father had been fully manifefted, and that he had been arretted meerly
upon Envy; I anfwered that I pretended not to defend any perfon, be-
ing fufficiently troubled to defend my felf.

I had moreover methinks all reafon to believe, that they had an inten-
tion to pleafe the Viceroy, andGovernour of Daman his Coufin, in fend-
ing me into Portugal, fince of more than 200 Perfons who went with
me out of the lnquifition3 I alone was obliged too leave the Indies and go
for Europe.

The cruelty of the Guards, Who often ufed very rude words to me,
and forced me unwillingly to eat my Meat, and take remedies when I
was fick, deferves alfo in my mind fome consideration ; for although
the Guards have reafon to force the accufed Perfons to eat their -Meat
and take Remedies, they might trfein refpeft of them the fame method
which is ufed in renSecl: of other fick Perfons, who are not wont to re-
ceive the Stirrup Leather or Baftinadoes, to make them take the Pre-
emptions of their Phyficians.

1 will add, that although the Inquifition granteth fomething of fafe
Conducts to thofe, who being in a place of Security, will come and ac-
cufe tlumfelves ; yet it is belt not to truft them too much, fince they
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which they have made, and when they have a mind to it they will find
pretexts enough not to keep it, which I will prove by an example.

I knew at Surrat a Religious Perfon of the Order of St. Domimck, cal-
led Father Hjacinthe, who for many years had quitted his Convent and
his Habit, living in a very diffolute and fcandalous manner. It happened
afterwards that a Woman with whom he had lived a long time, and by
whom he had diverfe Children, dyed ; this lofs touched him, and pro-
duced in him a refolution of changing his Life: He refolved then to
return into his Convent at Bacaim, but becaufe all the Portuguese, and
above all, the Priefts and Religious Perfons, who have paffed any confi-
derable time among the Infidels, are obliged in returning into the Portu-
guese Dominions, to prefent themfelves to the Inquifition, and make
there an exact declaration of the manner of their paftlife, if they would
prevent their being compelled to it by force. This Religious, whofe
confcience perhaps was touched with fbmething relating to the Holy
Office, before he left Surrat, wrote to the Inquifitor at Goa for a fafe con-
duct, that fb he might come to prefent and accufe himfelf, which was
granted him ; with this poor afliirance he departed and cameto Bacaim,
where he was not fuffered to refume the Religious Habit, without ha-
ving firft cleared himfelf before the Inquifitors, upon which he went to
Goa, prefented himfelf at the Table of the Holy Office, whither he was
feveral times called, and at laft having been fufficiently examined, he
was abfolved and fent back to the Vicar General of his Order, who refto-
red him the Habit, and again authoriz'd him to difcharge the Functions
of a Preacher and ConfeiTor. He thinking all was over, prepared for his
departure to Bacaim, wherje was his firft Convent, when being juft ready
to imbark in a Galliot, he was hurried away to the Prifons of the Holy
Office, whofe Minifters h^d not fb eafily granted him Abfolution, were
it not the eafier to perform their defign, that it might not be faid they
had violated their word, and the fafe conduct they had given him ; at
the fame time they fpread about a report, that fince his Abfolution, dif-
covery had been made of Crimes of which he had not accufed
himfelf.

This Religious, who was clapped up a few days after me, remained
there after I got out, as appears by his not being mentioned in the Ac!
of Faith, and his Procefs not being read, which would certainly have
been done, had he died in Prifon, fo that in all probability he mu ft con*
tinue there till the next AB of Faith ; I had this relation from a Religious
Perfon of the fame Order, who vifited me after my delivery. And this
example ought to teach thofe who travel, or live in thofe Countries
where the Inquifition is Eftablifhed, not only to be circumfpect in their
words and actions, but alfo never to rely too much on aflurances, of

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fafe conducts, granted them by the Inquifitors, or their Commiflaries
how little foever occafion of miftruft they may feem to have.

C H A P. XXXII.

Hiflory of Jofeph Pereira de Montes.

AS Nothing inftructeth better than examples, I will here fuccinctly
relate what happened to one of the molt confiderable Gentlemen
of Goa, named Jofepb Pereira de Montes ; who having been Captain Ge-
neral of the Naval Armies of the King of Portugal, was commanded by
the Governour of the Indies, (the Office of Vice-roy being then vacant,)
to go with his Ships to the relief of the Town of Din, then befieged by
the Arabians. He departed, and arriving at Bacaim, was conft rained to
ftay there a longer time than he had intended, becaufe the Winds were
contrary ; infomuch as the Arabians came down to Diu, facked it, and
returned laden with pillage, before the arrival of the relief. The Gene-
ral, who was come too late, having given his Orders returned to Goa ;
where he was fcarce arrived, but the Governour, . who was then Antonio
de Mello de Cafiro, a fworn enemy of Jojefh Pereira, caufed him to be
apprehended, formed his Procefs ; and becaufe neither the Governour,
nor even the Viceroy, have power to put Gentlemen to Death, with-
out receiving exprefs Order from the Court of Portugal, Antonio de
Mello not being able to take away the life of his Enemy, pronounced
againft him a fentence, the Execution of which was more cruel than
Death it felf, condemning him to be led through the great Streets of die
City by the hand of the Hangman, with an Halter about his Neck, a
Quonoville at his fide, and an Herald walking before, and Proclaiming,
that this Juftice was performed by order of the King, on the perfbn of
this Criminal, attainted and convi&ed of Cowardize and Treafon.

This cruel Sentence was Executed, notwithftanding the fbllicitations
of the friends of the Prifoner; who after he was led about in this infa-
mous pofture, was carried back into Prifbn, whither he was fcarce re-
turned, when a Familiar of the Holy Office came to apprehend him, and.
carry him to the Inquifition.

This new accident furprized the whole City, as knowing that Pereira
could not be accufed of Judaifm, being no New Chrifiian, and that he had
always lived in goodefteem ; they expected therefore with impatience
the next Aft of Faith, to fee the end of this bufinefs. But this Ceremo-
ny being performed after a year, he was not feen to appear, nor was his

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procefs heard to bs read, which increafedthe aftonifliment of all. We
are to know, that Jofeph Pereira had a long time fince had a quarrel with
a Gentleman of his acquaintance, with whom he had been afterwards
reconciled. This falfe friend who had not loft his defign of revenging
hjmfelf, fuborned with money j Domeftick Servants of Pereira, to accufe
him to the Inquifition as guilty of Sodomy, and produced thefe 5- Wit-
nelfes, who depofed they had (ben him commit this Crime with one of
his Pages; whereupon the two accufed perfons were apprehended.'
The Page who had lefs conftancy than his Mafter, whom he knew to be
as well as himfelf in the Prifons of the Holy Office, and not doubting but
that he was accufed of the fame Crime, whereof the Promotor pretend-
ed himfelf to be guilty, terrified by the threats of the Inquifitors, and
fearing to be burnt, as he would in truth have been, if he had perfiftecl
to deny the fact, and feeing no other means to fave his life, but in con-
fefllng himfelf guilty, accufed himfelf of a crime which he never com-
mitted, and Co became a feventh Witnefs againft his Mafter, the Inform-
er being accounted one, according to the Maxims of the Inquifition.
His confeflion faved his life, and being freed at the firft Aff of 'Faith , he
was condemned to be banifhed to Mozambique.

Neverthelefs as Pereira perfifted to maintain his innocence, they con-
demned him to the fire ; and he had been carried to be burnt at the
fame Ail of Faith wherein his Page appeared, if the continual proteftati-
ons which he made of his innocence, had not induced his Judges to de-
fer the Execution of his Sentence, to try whether in time they could ob-
lige him to confers ; or if they could not obtain more light in his cafe,
they then refervedhim to another Ail of Faith, which was performed a
year after, the Prifons being then fooner than ordinarily filled. During
this year, the accufer and his Witneffes were examined diverfe times,
and one of the Judges refblving to examine the Witneftes feparately,
whether that night wherein they pretended to have feen their Mafter
commit this deteftable Crime, the Moon fhone or not ; the Witnefl'es
agreeing not in the anfwer which they made to this Queftion, were put
to the Rack, where they difowned all which they had teftified againft
their Mafter. His innocence being thus clearly manifefted, the accu-
fers were apprehended; Pereira came-out innocent at the firft Ail of Faith,
and the WitneflTes two years after, at the fame time with my felf; when
the firft were condemned to the Gallys for j years, and that Gentleman
banifhed for 9 years into the Coafts of Africa.

It is eafie to judge that the confronting of WitnefTes might have freed
the Inquifitors from this trouble, and the accufed perfon from the dan-
ger of being facrificed by the hands of the Holy Office, to the fury and
malice of his Enemy ; who in my opinion ought, together with his Com.*

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plices, to have been puniflied with the fame kind of death, which they
intended to have inflifted on an innocent Perfon. And we cannot doubt,
but that this clemency of the Holy Office, exercifed fo openly towards
fuch grofs offenders, often gives incouragement to the like Attempts.

CHAP. XXXIII.

Of what happened to fome other Perfons, who together with me were
enlarged at the Adc of Faith.

Wo Young Gentlemen married about Bacaim, who ferved the King
of Portugal in his Navy, took care of a young Portuguese Souldier,
who waited on them. Thefe Mejjieurs being at Goa at the end of the
Campagin, and defiring to go and pafs at their Houfes the Rainy fea-
fbn, which is Called Winter in the Indies, left this young Souldier at Goa,
where he pretended to have fome bufinefs, and therefore would follow
them fome days after. This young Man immediately after the de-
parture of thefe Gentlemen married in Goa, from whence he departed
two days after his Marriage, and arrived at Bacaim four days after his
Mafters, to whom he gave no account of what he had done in their ab-
fence. A little while after a Match being offered to him, which feemed
advantageous to him, he refolved to make ufe of the occafion in mar-
rying himfelf a fecond time. To this end his Mafters were dcfired to
certifie to the Curate that he was a fingle Perfon, which they did, not
knowing that he was already married; Not long after this fecond mar-
riage he had a defire to fee hisfirft Wife at Goa ; whither the Brother
of the fecond Wife being refolved to follow him, he found out his firft
Marriage, and accufed him to the Inquifition, who caufed him to be
apprehended, and knowing who they were that had certified him to be
a fingle man, fent order to the Commiffary of Bacaim to feize them. So
thefe two Gentlemen, more unhappy than guilty, were fent to G^with
Irons on their Feet, and (hut up in the Prifon of the Holy Office. Ha-
ving remained there 18 Months, they were at laft produced in the Atf
of Faith, and were condemned to a triennial Banifhment into the Coafts
of Africk ; and he who had been married twice, was baniflied into the
lame quarter for (even years, after which he was to return to and live;
with his firft Wife.

One of thefe Gentleman was of the race of New Chriftians \ and as
thefe unhappy perfons are always fufpecled to be bad Chriftiarrs, the
inquifitors examined him at the Audience, to know if he were not a

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Jew, and if he had not had fome knowledge of the Law of Mofes ?
This poor Man ftupified with thefe queitions, and fearing that the un-
happinefs of his Birth would draw upon him, in thisoccafion, fomemif-
fortune ; and befides not very well inftructed in the Chriftian Religion,
imagining himfelf to (ay one of the fineft things in the World, and moft
proper to juftifie himfelf, blafphemed againft Mofes, and (aid that he had
nothing to do with him, and that he knew him not ; which his Judges
laughed at very pleaiantly.

Among thofe who were enlarged at the AB of Faith, I obferved one
who had a Gag in his Mouth, faflned to his Ears with Packthread. I
learned from the reading of his Procefs, that this puni/hment was in-
flicted on him for having ufed diverfe Blafphemies in play. This Blas-
phemer, befides the fhame of appearing in this Equipage, was more-
over condemned to a banimment of rive years.

CHAP. XXXIV.

My departure from Goa, my arrival firfi at Brafil, and then at
Lisbon*

I Was led with Irons on my Feet into a Ship, which was then in the
Road, ready to fet fail for Portugal, They put me into the hands
of the Matter of the Ship, who was charged to deliver me to the Inqui-
fition of Lisbon. And the Captain having received his Iaft difpatches,
we weighed Anchor the 27th of January i6j6. and the fame day my
Irons was taken off. Our Voyage was profperous as far as Brafil,where
we arrived in May. As loon as they had cait Anchor in the Bay of All
Saints, the Mafter under whofe Guard I was, caufed me to land with
him, and brought me to the Palace of the Governour, and from thence
to the common Prifon, where he delivered me into the hands of the Jaylor.
I was detained in this Prifon all the while the Ship frayed in the Ha-
ven ; but by the favour of fome Friends, whom I gained in this Coun-
try, I obtained, during my ftay, the liberty of going out of Prifon in the
day time, and being fhut up only in the night. The Prifon of this Town
is the moft proper of all thofe which I had hitherto feen, except thofe of
the Holy Office. Befide the low Rooms, which are tolerably clean and
lightfome, there are above Stairs diverfe Rooms for Perfons lefs guihy,
more rich, or better recommended. There is alfo a Chappel wherein
Mafs is celebrated upon Sundays and Holidays. And there are in this
Town fo good a number of charitable Perfons, that the Prifoners fuffer

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no want. We re-imbarqued in the beginning of September to go for
Lisbon ; but this laft paffage was not Co favourable, as was that from the
Indies to Brajil.

There happened to mean accident, during this Voyage, which defer-
Veth to be here mentioned. Approaching one day to the Holy Table, to
receive the adoreable Body of Jefus Chrift, he from whofe hands I re-
ceived it, who was a Cordelier of the obfervant Friers, obferved that I
fhut my Eyes, while he pronounced thofe words, Domine nonfub dignm ;
and although I had no other intention in this a&ion, than of humbling
my (elfin the prefence of my God ; this good Father, who had already
entertained a bad opinion of me, becaufel had been hi the Inquifition, (b
ill interpreted this mark of my Devotion, that he could not forbear from
reproaching me many days after, and telling me that he had no reafbn
to doubt but that I was ftill an Heretick, fince I vouchfafed not Co much
as to look upon our Lord, when he was presented to me in the Com-
munion, I leave you to think whether the judgment, which this Reli-
gious Perfbn made then of me, was not of the number of thofe which
are called rafli ? However, I endeavoured to defend my felf, and de-
clare my intention to him ; he always alfured me, that after an action of
that nature, he could not any longer retain a favourable opinion of me.

CHAP. XXXV.

They ^ ring me to the Gallere. A defcription of that place.

AS foon as Anchor was caft in the Haven of Lisbon, the Matter, un-
der whofe guard I then was, gave notice of my arrival to the In-
quifition, whither I was carried the next day, and from thence, by or-
der of the Inquifitors, who vouchfafed not to fee me, I was led to the
Prifbn called the Gallere, which beareth this name, becaufe there being
no Galleys in Portugal ; thofe whom the Holy Office, or Lay Judges con-
demn to that punifhment, are fent thither. They clapt a Chain upon my
Foot, to which was chained a Portuguese, who had efcaped the Fire, by
confeffing the evening before he was to be burnt by order of the Holy
Office.

In this Gallere all Criminals are chained two and two together by one
Foot, only with a Chain about a foot long. The Prifoners have at their
wafte a hook of Iron, whereunto hang their Chain, and there remains
yet about 3 foot of Chain between them. Thefe couples are fent every
day to labour at the Work-houfc where they build the Ships ; they carry

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Wood to the Carpenters, unload the Ships, pick out frones and (and
for Ballaft, carry Water and Victuals aboard for the Voyages, ferve to
make Ropes, and all other ufes, wherein they can be imployed for the
fervice of the Prince, or of the Officers who command them, how vile
and rude foever they be.

There are found among thefe Gally-flaves perfbns condemned by the
Inquifition, others by the Lay Judges, fugitive and incorrigible flaves,
whom their Mafters put into this place to chaftize them, and reduce
them into order, Turks who have been taken Prifoners in the Pirate Ships
of Barbary. All thefe perfbns, of whatsoever quality they be, are in-
differently employed in vile and painful Labours ; unlefs they have mo-
ney to give to the Officers who conduct them, and who exercife an un-
heard of cruelty upon thofe who cannot mollifie them fomewhat from
time to time.

This Land Gaily is built upon the bank of the River, it halh two
great Halls, the one above, the other below, both are filled, and the
couple d Prifoners laid upon Couches with Matts ; all their Heads and
Beards are fhaved once a month, they wear a Coat made clcfe to their
bodies, and Caps of blue Cloath. ' They alio allow to them an Hood of
courfe grey Serge, which fcrveth them as well jfor a Mantle in the day,
as for a Coverlet in the night ; and thefe are all the Garments which-
are given to them from fix to fix months, together with fhifts of courfe
Cloath.

They give to every one a pound and an half of very hard and black
fiifcate to eat every day, fix pounds of fait flefh every month, with a
difh fullofPeafe, Lentils, or Beans ; this allowance they may order as
they pleafe. Thofe who receive any fupply from otherwhere, fell this
fare to buy fomewhat better, according to their- ability. No Wine is
allowed to them, and thofe who drink it, buy it at their own coft ; every
day betimes in the morning, except on fbme very few Feftivals, they
are led to the Workhoufe, which is a good half League from the Galley,
where they labour without any intermiflion, on whatfoever they are em-.,
ployed till Eleven of Clock ; they then ceafe working till One a Clock,
and during this interval they may either cat or reft themfelves ; at One
a Clock they return to their labour, continuing it till night, when they
are fent back to the Gaily.

There is in this Prifon a Chappel, wherein Mafs is faid on Sundays and.
Feftivals. There are at Lifbon charitable Clergymen, who come often
to make Catechifms and Exhortations to the Galley-Slaves. Befide the
Victuals which the Prince giveth them, they receive very often Alms,,
infomuch as no want is there fuffered ; when there are any fick perfbns
the Phyficians and Chirurgeons come to vifitthem, and if thedifeafe.

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grow dangerous,, all the Sacraments are admimftred to them. Thofe
who commit any fault are whipped in a molt cruel manner. They
ftretch them out at length with their Bellies upon the ground; and while
two men hold them, a third ftriketh violently with a %reat knotted rope
upon their Buttocks, which oftimes teareth of the skin, and large pieces
of flefh with it; I havefeen more than once, how that after fuch whip-
ping they have been forced to make deep incifions, which degenerating
into Ulcers, render thefe unhappy wretches incapable of working for a
long time.

W hen one of the coupled Slaves hath bufinefs in the Town, they per-
mit him to go thither, even without his Companion, if he defireth it,
paying a Guard, who may follow him every where. In that cafe he is
forced to carry his Chain alone, and as it is very long he layeth it over
his Shoulder, letting it hang down before or behind, as himfelffhali find
rnoft convenient.

CHAP. XXXVI.

I presented diver fe Vet it ions to the Inquifition to oltain my Lilerty,
which is at lafl granted to me.

TH E day after my arrival into the Galley, I was ftiaved, cloathed,
and employed in labour as the other flaves ; but how laborious
foever this manner of life was to me, the liberty of feeing and (peaking
to the whole world, rendred it much lefs troublefbme to me than the
horrible Solitudes of the Inquifition. According to the terms of my
Sentence, I was to pafs $• years in this rude flavery, and there was no
great appearance that any favour would be (hewed to a man who had
fpoken ^gainft the Integrity and Infallibility of the Holy Office. Neverthe-
less the defire which all unhappy perfons naturally have to fee their mi-
fery ended, made me think of fome means to recover my Liberty much
fooner than I was other wife probably to expedt it ; I firft enquired whe-
ther there were any French at Lisbon, who might ferve me in the defign
which I had. And having learned that Mr. — firft Phyfician to the Queen
of Portugal, was not only favoured by that Princefs, but alfo by all the
Grandees of the Court, I addreifed my felf to him, and begged of him
that he would grant me his Protection ; this he did in the molt obliging
manner in the World, offering not only his intereft in all things which
lay in his power, but alio his Purfe and his Table, where he did me the
honour to give me a place, enchained as I was, whenfoever liberty of

going

going to him was granted me ; fo that the Habit of a Gally-flave rendred
me not more contemptible in his efteem. He had alfo the goodnefs to
vifit me in Prifbn, and adminifter comfort to me, whensoever his affairs
permitted him.

1 writ in the next place into France, to my kindred, to give them an
account of the deplorable condition whereinto I had been for a long time
reduced, that they might follicit, either by them'elves, or by others,
thofeperfons whom they might imagine to have any intereft with the
Queen of Portugal, who 1 hoped would interpofe in my behalf. I mutt
not here omit, that the Liberty which was afterwards granted to me,
was no other than the efFec"t of the powerful Protection of Mr. . — Jn

cffecl: Mr. who was naturally generous and beneficent, knowing that

he had the goodnefs to interefs himfelf in obtaining my Liberty, redou-
bled his diligence, to caufe it J:o be obtained the fooner. I pretexted, by
his advice, an ample Petition "to the Inquifitors, wherein I briefly decla-
red the caufesofmy Imprifonment, and requefted them tomoderate the
exceffive feverity which I pretended to have been exercifed againft me
in the Indies.

No anfwer was returned to this Petition, no more than to three or
four others, which followed it in Iefs than two months; and the reafbn
of this filence was, That the Office of the Inquifitor General was then
vacant, and Monjienr Don Verijjimo de Lencaftea, Archbifhop of Braga, af-
terwards Archbithop of Lisbon, and at preftnt Cardinal, hiving been but
lately promoted, had not yet taken pofleffion.

This Prelate, for whofe coming I made continual Vovs, as knowing
that he alone could determine my buflnefs, arrived at Iat at Lisbon^ to-
wards the Holy Week : But fince in that time the Tribunals are not
open, I was yet forced to have patience till after Quafimodo Sunday. As
foon as the Inquifitor General had entred upon the Functions of hisOffice,
I prefented a new Petition to him, which was carried to the Supreme
Council; but all which it produced, was, that Don Verijjimo faid, That,
he could not believe that what I related was true, there being no appear-
ance that they would have condemned a man to ferve j years in the
Gallies for matters of fo little coniequence.

This anfwer, of which an account was given to me, produced fo
much the more joy in me, becaufe every one allured me, that the Prelate
with whom I had to do, was equally noble, learned and generous ; all
this induced me to caufe a new Petition to be prefented to him, to intreat
him to give himfelf the trouble to read my Procefs, that fo he might by
that means, perceive that I had offered nothing to him but what was molt
true ; this propofition met with great difficulties in the Council, none of
them being willing to confcfft to this review of my Procefs, which I dr-

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fired, became all the Tribunals of the Inquifition being fiipreme, and n#
appeal lying from one to the other, this would be to intrench upon the
Authority of the Inquifition of Goa, and to go about to reform its De-
crees; this was fo great an obftacle, that lhad never obtained my deilres
if the Inquifitor General had not ftrongly follicited in favour of me.

At laft, after many earneft addrelfes to him, he fuftered himfelf to be
overfwayedby the follicitations of divcrfe Peribns of Quality, and chiefly
of his Niece, the Countefs of Figveirol, who had a very particular efteem
for the firit Phyfician of the Queen. He carried then my Procefs to.be
read at length in his prefence, and being convinced that I had propofed
nothing falfe to him, and withal, perceiving the injuftice and ignorance
of my Judges, who had condemned me upon pretence of my ill intention
he ordered that I mould be reftored to perfect liberty, writing with his
own hand thefe words, at the bottom of my laft Petition, Seiafilto como
•pede, e fe vapor a Franca, that is, Let him be fet at Liberty as he defireth
and let him return to France.

CHAP. XXXVII.

My departure from Lisbon, and arrival in France.

MY Requcft being thus anfwered by the Inquifitor General, in the
Supreme Council, which is adembled from eight to eight, or from
fifteen to fifteen days, was remitted to the Table of the Holy Office,
where audience is held twice every day ; thefe MeiTieurs immediately
fent a Familiar to advertize me, that liberty was granted to me, that I
fhould feek for a Veifel to go into Frame, and give notice of it to the
Inquifition, who would not fail to imbark me therein.

I received this News the firft of June, with a joy which perfons who
have not fuffered Captivity will fcarcebe able to conceive; but afterwards
reflecting upon the difficulty of finding a Veffel, and bargaining for my
PafTage, while I had not the liberty of acting, I reprefented to the Inqui-
fitors by a Memoire which I caufed to be prefented to them,that it would
be irnpoflible for me to receive any benefit from the favour they had
(hewed to me, while I remained Chained, there being no poffibility in fb
great a Town as Lisbon, to know what Ships come in, or go out of the
Haven, unlefs a Man waits there himfelf, or hath fome friend whc\may
inform himfelf with diligence.

The Officers of the ordinary Council, who had maiicioufly and rigo-

foufly interpreted the words, which the Inquifitor generally made ufe

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of to grant me liberty, in faying I mould befet at liberty as I defired,
and go into France, explained thefe latter words, which were indeed-
added as a furplufage of favour to me, as an abfolute obligation of im-
mediately embarquing my felf ; and fo made anfwer for my Memoire^
That they would grant me my defire, on condition, I would give cauti-
on, and procure Sureties, that 1 would (lay no longer at Lisbon than was
neceflary to obtain an opportunity of btri:ig gone. This anfwer was
figniried to me the 28th of June ; 1 went immediately to give an account
to Mr.— and intreared him to-finifti that matter which he had la-
kindly begun. Some urgent affairs hindred him from going the fame,
day to the Inquifition, but going thither the 30th of the fame month in the
-morning, and giving caution for me, that in default of my being gone
at the firft opportunity, he would pay four hundred Crowns ; they
fent in the Afternoon of the- fame day, being the laft of June 1677, a..
Familiar to the Galley, who canled my irons to be taken off, and carried,
me to the Holy Office; where being called in the pretence of the Inqui-
sitors, they asked whether I knew the Queens Phyiician, They told me
he had given caution for me , that th^mielves extended their favour to
me, and that from that moment I might go whether I pleated. Then
commanding me to withdraw, I anfwered only with a profound reve-
rence, and was immediately freed from the Tyrannical Power of the
Holy Office, under the rigour of which I had groaned almoft four years,
continuing from the day of my Imprhonment, Augufithz 24th 1673. to
the laft of June 1677.

As foon as I had fet foot out of this terrible Houfe, I went into the
next Church, to render thanks to God and the Holy Virgin, for the li-
berty I had juft now obtained. I went in the next place to Mr. — —
who wept for joy, embracing me. I then took a turn to the Galley,
to give my laft adieu to thofe poor affli&ed Perfons, who had been the
Companions of my Misfortune, and to take away that little Luggage
which remained to me. I enquired with all poflible diligence, when
any Ship would part for France, having much greater dehre to be gone,
that fo I might get out of the Jurifdi&ion of the Inquifitors, than they
could have for my departure. I found one in a ihort time, upon which
I embarqued my felf; and after having paffed through fome light Fatiques^
I. had the happinefs to arrive in my Country in perfect Health..

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CHAP. XXXVIIL

the Hiflory of a Gentleman, which willferve to Jhew the Spirit of
the Holy Office.

I Will finifli this Di'fcourfe of the Inquifition with the Relation of what
I know to have happened to two Perfons, whom I faw in the Galiey
at Lisbon, who were there before me, and remained there when I came
out, and with whom 1 had particular Difcourfes, upon the account of
my own, and their Cafes.

The firft of thefe unfortunate Gentlemen bore the Office of Major of
a Regiment, when he was apprehended, he was of the race of new
Chriitians, and was accufed to have Judaized, by perfons who in all pro-
bability had no other means to fave their lives than by confeffing them-
felves guilty of the fame Crime, and naming many Innocents, indeavour-
ing to find out the Witnefles whom they were obliged to guefs at by the
Inquifition ; this poor Officer thus accufed, was feized, and (hut up ill
the Prifons of the Holy Office, he was examined diverfe times to learn
from his own mouth the caufeofhis imprifonment, but he not being able
to tell it, fince he knew it not himfelf, after he had been kept more than
two years, they let him know that he was legally accufed and con-
victed of being an Apoftate Jewy which he always ftoutly denied, pro-
tefting that he had never ceafed to be a Chriftian, and fubmittedtonone
of all thofe accufations wherewith he was charged ; nothing was omit-
ted to oblige him to confefs, not only Life, but alfo the reftitution of his
Goods were promifed to him ; he was afterwards terrified with threat-
ning of a cruel Death, but none of all thefe things could fhake his con-
ftancy. And he boldly declared to his Judges, that he would choofe ra-
ther to dye innocent, than to prefer ve his life by an act of Cowardice,
which would for ever overwhelm him with Infamy. The Duke of
De Aveira, who was then Inquifitor General, and pafTionately defired
to fave the life of this Prifoner, vehemently exhorted him to make ufe of
thofe means which were offered to him, ofpreferving himfelf from execu-
tion, And becaufe the accufed peribn had teftiried a conftant refolution
of never yielding to render himfelf infamous, by a bafe confefllon of thofe
Crimes which he had never committed, the Inquifitor General offended
with his feeming obftinacy, was tranfported fo far, as to fay to him
Guides que aves de ganhar ? That is, What do you then pretend to ? Do
you think that we have belied you ? And fo withdrew, leaving to the
Prifoner to think at leifure what he had to do. The words of this Judge
include a very ftrangc fenfe, and may juftly give occafion to reffecVions,

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which afe neither advantageous to himfelf nor to the Holy Office y for this was very near as
if hefhouldfay, We will rather caufe you to be burnt as guilty, than let the World be-
lieve that we have Imprifoned you innocent.

Atlaft, the Act of Faith approaching, after more than three years Imprifonment, eur
Major heard the Sentence of Death pronounced againft him ; and a Confeflbr was giveu
to him to difpofe him for it. This Gentleman, who had hitherto appear'd fo refolute,
was terrified by the approaches and preperation of his execution .- infomuch as hearirg the
Evening before the ceremony, acknowledged all which was defir'd of him againft him-
felf, however falie ; he appeared at the proceilion veiled with one of thofe Samarrds co-
vered with lire, whofe flames tend downward, which is called in Portuguese fogo revolts ;■
to fhew that by his confelfion, however late, he had avoided death, after he had been
juftly Condemned to it ; and by fentance of the Inquifition befide the confifcation of his
goods he was condemned to the Galleys for five years.

He had then ferved there more than two years when I arrived at Lisbon; and it was in
that place, and from his own mouth, that I learned what I have now related.

chap, xxxrx.

A Gentleman, one of the greateft Quality in Portugal, who was a New Cbriflian, and
very Rich, named Lewis Pecoadefla, having intermeddled in diverfe Criminal
Caufes, but in the laicli Judicature, had thereby contracted the hatred of many perfons.
Thefe rinding no better means to Revenge themfelves of him, accufed him to the Holy
Office, as making fecret Profefllon of Judaifm, together with his Family; fo that in the
fame day, his Wife, his two Children, his Daughter, and fome others of his who dwell
with him in his Houfe, were Arretted, and (hut up in the Frifon of the Inquiiition of
Conimbra.

Lewis Pecox wasfirft examined, to draw from him a particular account of his Goods,
of which the Immoveable alone yielded thirty thoufand Livers Rent 5 and all this, as well
as the Moveables, was buried in the Treafures of the Holy Office. They urged him in
the next place, to declare the caufe of his Imprifonment, which he could not do, know-
ing nothing of it. All ways were attempted which the Inquifition is wont to make ufe
of, to oblige accufed perfons to confefs their Crimes ; but all this ihook not the Constancy
of Lewis Pecoa. Atlaft, almofr. three years being elapfed, the Promotor fignified to him
the Crimes whereof he was accufed, and the Sentence of Death whfch -weald be pair Up-
on him, if he refolved not to confefs. He endeavoured to juftifie himfelf, proteftedall
theFacis whereof he was accufed were fo many falfities, defired he might know his Wit-
nelles who had depofed againft him, whom he undertook eafily to convince of Perjury ;
and offered many Arguments to his Judges, whereby they might have clearly perceived
his Innocence, if they would have made ufe of them. But the Inquifitors without having
any refpecf. to what he alledged in his own defence, feeing him to perfiff. in denying the
Accufation, condemned him to the Fire, and acquainted nim with his formal Sentence
1 y days before the Execution.

The Duke of Cadaval, who loved Lewis Pecoa, to whom he had been Godfather, and
who was an intimate friend of the Duke d'Aveira, informed himfelf from time to time
of all particulars concerning the condition cf the Prifoners Cafe j and knowing from the
Inquifitor General, that the Prifoner Confefling nothing, and being otherwife fufficiently
Convicted, according to the Maxims of the Holy office, could not efcape the Fire, if he

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accufed notlwnfelF before his being carried forth to Execution, was innnitly concerned
foe him. Hedefired leave to fpeak or write to this unfortunate Gentleman, to perfwade
him to lave his life at any price whatfoever ; but this was not poffible. At lair he be-
thought himfelf of an Invention, which is To lingular, that it never happened to any other
mPmugdi which was to gain a promife from the Inquifitor General, that if he could
perfwade Lewis Pecoa, to confefs even after his being carried forth to Execunon at the Aft
cf Faith, he fhould not be put-to Death j although this was dire&ly contrary to the Laws
of the Holy Office ; this being promifed to him, and he knowing the day wherein the Act of
Fait,b was to be Celebrated at Coimbra, he fent from Lisbon fome of his own friends, and
others of Lewis Pecoa, who poft themfelves at the Door of the Inquiiition, when the
Proceffion began, that they might approach to their unhappy Friend as loon as they fhould
fee him appear.

As he was condemned, fo the pile of Wood was made ready for him. He bore a Ca-
recbaand a Samttrra covered with flames and Devils, his Picture was-- drawn to the Lite
.feefore and behind, placed upon burning fire-brands. His Sentence was written at the
bottom, and his ConfefTor walk'd by his fide ; his friends had no fooner fpied him, but
breaking out into tears, they call themfelves upon his Neck, and begged of him in the
name of the Duke o1Ca.li-jA.Ui-, and by all that was moftdearto him, to think of faving
his life. They acquainted him with the afliirance which they had received, that he fhould
not be Executed if he would confefs-; and remonftrated to him, that the lots of his
Eftate ought not to create any difficulty in him, finee the Duke, who had fent them to
hpm, had charged them to allure him in his Name, that he would beftow upon him more
than was taken from him. All thefe Reafons, together with the tears and follicitations
of his generous friends, could not move Lewis Pecoa ; who continued to proteflwith a
loud voice, that he had always been a Chriftian, that he would dye fuchj and that all
whereof he had been accufed, were fo many falfities invented by his enemies to take Re-
venge upon him, and made ufe of the Holy Office to reap the fpoil of his Eftate.

The Procelfion being arrived at the appointed place, the Sermon was preached ; the
Procefs of thofe whole lives were faved was Read, and the evening being come, they be-
gan to read the Procefles of thofe who were to be burned : The Deputies of the Duke
then redouble their entreaties, and at laft made their friend confent to demand audience.
He rofe up, and faid, Let us go then and acknowledge thefs falfities, to fatisfie the defire
of our friends. Audience was granted to him, and he was led back into Prifon. But
the Act of Faith being finifhed when they called him to the Table to confefs, he had much
more difficulty to refolve himfelf; and was diverfe times upon the point of fufFering his
Sentence to be confirmed, without any hope of mercy : Yet at laft he confeiTed what they
.would, and figned his Confeffion.

Two years more being elapfed from the time of his being carried forth to execution,
he was fent to Evora ; where he appeared in the Ail of Faith, wearing a Samana, with the
fire inverted : And after he had ftay'd five years in the Prifon of the Holy Office, he was
farther condemned to the Galleys for five years, and was fent thither the morrow after:
And there it was that I knew him, . and learned fromhim the particulars of that which I
have here related.

This unfortunate Gentleman, who appeared to be a very honeft and tolerable good
Chriftian, learnt after his enlargement, that his Wife and Daughter died in Prifon, a.
little while after they had been fhut up ; and that his two Sons, left conftant than himfelf,
having accufed themfelves in time, had been enlarged fome time before, and condemned/
to a Banifhment for ten years- into the Algarves. As for himfelf, he expected only the
snoment to be freed 5 as I was, and his defign was to quit Portugal as foon as poffible, and
§q fgend..the reft of his life in fome Country where the Inquifition fhould have no place.

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The Contents of the Chapters,

CHAP. i. Motives which induced me to publijJ) this Relation
Ch. 2, Tfje Apparent caufesof my Imprifonment..

Ch. 3 . Of the Vifit which I'mide to the Commiffary of the Inquifition to Accufe myfelf, and asli Ad-
vice of him.

Ch. 4. Containing the true caufes of my Imprifonment, and how they arrejled me.

Ch. y. Defcription of the Prifon. I writ to the Inquifitors, who returned me no anfwer. Ex*
treme mifery of the Prifoners.

Ch. 6. The return of the Father Commijjary. They remove me to Goa.

Ch. 7- Departure from Daman. Wepafs to Bacaim, and ftay there. Our Arrival at Goa.

Ch. 8. How f was conducted to the Inquifition, and what is done to them who arejhutup in Prifon.

Ch. 9- Defcription of the Inquifition of Goa.

Ch. io. In what manner the Prifoners of the Inquifition are treated.

Ch. 1 1 . therein is treated of the Officers of the Inquifition.

Ch. 1 1. In what manner the Officers of the Inquifition behave themfelves towards the Prifoners.

Ch. 13. Of the Formalities which are obferved. in the Inquifition.

Ch. 14. Of the Injufiice which it committed by the Inquifition, in refpect of Perfons accufed of
tfudaifm.

Ch. if- Wherein is farther treated of the Formalities, which are obfeeved in the Inquifa iott.

Ch; 1 6. Other kinds of Injuftke which are ordinarily committed in the Inquifition.

Ch. 17. Some particulars concerning the Officers of the Inquifition.

Chi 18. In what manner I was led the firfl. time to Audience, and what they faid to me:

Ch. 1 9. My fecond and third Audience.

Ch. 20. How Defpair induced me to attempt my life.

Ch. 2 1. New exceffesto which my defpair carried me.

Ch. 22. My fourth Audience,, in which the Promoter formeth againfi me Conclufions of filtering
Death.

Ch. 25. They carry me yet feveral times to Audience : Diverfe obfervationsupon the Proceedings of
the Inquifition.

-Ch. 24. How I perceived that the Auto dafe was to be performed on the morrow, and whit Ha-
bits were given tons to appear in this Ceremony.

Ch. 2 5. Of the Preperations to the Aci of Faith, an d the diverfe Ornaments which are difiributei
to the Criminals , according to the diversity of their Crimes.

Ch. 26. Hew we went in Procejfion to go to the A£t of Faith. Toe Order of this Ceremony.

Ch. 27. Containing what was obferved in the place wherein the A£to( Faith was celebrated.

Ch. 28, They Abjolveus from Excommunication, and deliver thofe to the Secular Power who were
to be burned : What was obferved upon this occafion.

Ch. 29. My I afi enlargement from the Inquifition. They bring us into a Houfe in the Town, to
caufe us to be there fome time injirucled.

Ch; 30. They bring me again to the Inquifition, to receive the Pemances which were impofed up-
en me; 0

Ch. 3 1 . Containing fome Obfervations upon all that bath been hitherto faid.

Chi 32. Hijlory of Jofeph Pereira de Montes.

Ch. 3 3, , Of what happened to fome other Perfons, who together with me were enlarged at the A<ft
of Faith.

Ch. 34. My departure from Goa, my arrival firft at Brafil, and then at Lisbon.

Ch. 35". They bring me to the Gallere. A defcription of that place.

Ch. 3 6. I prefented diverfe Petitions to the Inquifition to obtain my Liberty, which is at lafi granted.
to me.

Ch. 37. My departure from Lisbon, and arrival in Frante.

Ch. 38, The Hijlory of a Gentleman, which will ferve to fijew the Spirit of the lUly Office.

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